How-To: Pom Pom Necklace
See how to mix the fun and whimsy of pom poms with the chic style of chains in this tutorial from Honestly … WTF.
Month: May 2011
Honduran High Schooler’s Low-Cost Eye-Controlled Interface
Honduran teenager Luis Cruz, whose low-cost homebrew embedded video game system was featured in MAKE Vol 23, wrote in to let us know about his most recent project, a similarly low-cost prototype electrooculography (EOG) system, based on the ATmega328P, that allows people with motor disabilities to write text on a screen using only eye movements.
Kid’s Kitchen: Fruity Yogurt Dip
By Katie Goodman Many kids will try just about anything as long as they have something yummy to dip it in. I say many, not all, because my 6 year old doesn’t fit into this category. But my daughter is a natural born dipper. Chicken, grilled potatoes, hot dogs, and fish are all gobbled with […]
Crafting Your Online Presence: Being Original (Advice from the Maker Faire Panels)
Wowee! The two Crafting Your Online Presence panels at Maker Faire were amazing. All kinds of great wisdom issued from the minds of our esteemed panelists – too much, in fact, to capture in a single column here. So I’ll be drawing on what happened in these discussions over the next few months. Today, I […]
Onyx Ashanti’s TED Performance Demo
Check out Onyx Ashanti‘s electrifying demo performance of his new Beatjazz Controller at last night’s TED 2012 Full Spectrum auditions in New York City — he’s on 34:40 – 41:10. Onyx has been designing, building, and programming the Beatjazz Controller for the past several months, and he will be writing about it (and open-sourcing the […]
Education Day at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 (video)
Maker Faire Education Day is opportunity for schools from near and far to bring their students to a sneak preview of Maker Faire. Some of our most engaging makers hosted 1600 kids and everyone had an amazing time. The students roamed from exhibit to exhibit learning about physics, chemistry, and technology. They interacted with electronic […]
A Box Made From A Dried Orange Peel
Hereโs a link to the fantastic British brainy-toys site Grand Illusions that Iโve been hoarding for awhile, hoping to someday reproduce the process and post it as a tutorial. I have tried sun-drying several of the largest orange peels I can find on suitable forms, and have made one functional round box that is quite small and ugly compared to these.
