How-To: Travel Cuff Link Pouch
I always like to make small bags for my jewelry when traveling, so I made this pouch out of some fabric scraps for my boyfriend to use for his cuff links when he’s on the road.
Month: March 2011
The 15 Most Important Women in Tech History
Maximum PC has a list of the 15 Most Important Women in Tech History Do a quick Google News search for “women in technology” and your results are sure to be bemoaning the lack of female bodies in the industry (or maybe just results for that White Town album). Last year both the NYT and […]
Announcing the Arduino grblShield
I love how many of the maker geniuses who work on our site are usually up to something behind the scenes — some new project, new product, Pinky and the Brain-type schemes for taking over the world. I was talking to new contributor Riley Porter the other night about the Make: Arduino page he’s been […]
Crafty Events
A weekly craft fair roundup and a call for vendors.
Hexome, A Hexagonal Monome
Hexagons are cool but a bit of a pain because their spacing involves a root 3, a non rational number. This means you can’t lay it out on strip board, it needs a special PCB. That’s why I built my CNC project mainly to do this project. The hexagonal spacing allows different sorts of sequencers […]
Celebrate Women’s History Month by Picking Up a Needle and Thread
(Image: A Singer Sewing ad from 1951, Courtesy Singer Sewing Co.) By Judi Ketteler In 1992, when I was a senior in high school, I made the cutest pink plaid jumper ever. I picked out the fabric, decided the length of the hem, and modified the neckline. Paired with my black tights, the jumper represented […]
Codebox: Use QR codes in Processing
This Codebox shows you how to use the ZXing library (pronounced “Zebra Crossing”) to identify QR codes in a live webcam feed.
