How-To: Cross-Stitch Stamped Card
I love this simple stamp project from Jessica of Zakka Life. She created a tiny cross-stitch stamp that can be used to make all kinds of cross-stitched designs on cards. [via @allthingspaper]
Month: May 2011
Shopping Cart Cargo Bike
Check out this custom shopping cart cargo bike from Bike Hacks reader Laurent. [via BikeHacks]
Cellular Wall Printer
Ever have the desire to print out a text message in large dot matrix lettering on a wall? If so, Liat Segal from Sweet Tech Studio has the device for you. Comprised of seven servo actuated felt markers controlled by an Android handset via an IOIO board, the Cellular Wall Printer allows you to manually […]
Meet the Makers: Jordan Champagne
Jordan Champagne, owner of Happy Girl Kitchen, is a preservationist. She cherishes reclaimed wood, she only plays records in her shop, and she has a giant Velvet Elvis in her office. But her real skills are in preserving food. The things that she puts into jars are real, whole foods, that are often truly living.
See Happy Girl Kitchen, and make your own jar of living Sauerkraut to take home, at the Homegrown Village, Maker Faire Bay Area, May 21 & 22.
http://makerfaire.com
http://happygirlkitchen.com/
Tiny Skee Ball Machine
Samuel Seide, who built this excellent cocktail arcade machine, has a new project, an Arduino-powered mini Skee Ball machine.
Russell the Giraffe Makes the Funny Papers
Former Make: Labs intern Matthew Dalton and his friend Jake Rogers do this cute geek webcomic called R&D. Today’s strip is on Maker Faire Bay Area, and Russell, the event’s perennial robo-giraffe. Other maker creations, other tech fads, other robots, have come and gone, but ‘ol Russel just keeps rolling along. And usually arrives with […]
Use Android Open Accessory Without Android Programming
“follower” wrote in with yet another cool project for the Android Open Accessory SDK. This time, you don’t even need to do any Android programming; your Arduino Sketch tells follower’s Android app what to do and what to display on the screen: Handbag makes it possible to create Arduino-based accessories for Android devices without creating […]
