The next episode of our streaming show and tell Make: Live is a special broadcast from Maker Faire Detroit, live from the Henry Ford this Friday. Join us as we celebrate the kickoff of a weekend of making in the Mitten at the worlds largest DIY festival. Make: Live 13 – Maker Faire Detroit Friday […]
I love this pillow from Flickr user, schinders, with one of my favorite Pee Wee Herman quotes. Makes me kind of want a collection of them with more of his quotes for my couch. How about, “Mmmm … egg salad-y!” Any others?
Clever idea from Japanese firm SoftEther, whose press release is available in English onlyvia machine translation as of this writing. The video pretty much conveys the idea, however. QUMA is rather like an artist’s figure-drawing mannequin with sensors in the joints that report all the articulations through a USB cable. Appropriate software can then position a character’s rigging to match, which seems like it would be both faster and more intuitive than dragging bones around a screen with a mouse.
Because much of the US is being hit by a particularly oppressive heatwave, now seems like an excellent time to bring up the subject of smelling fresh. This Solid Perfume Pocket Watch Locket tutorial from Design Sponge is lovely, and a great way to upcycle an old piece of jewelry into something that you can […]
Niklas Roy has built an addictive-looking 70’s-style videogame system that is “controlerless” like an Xbox Kinect, yet charmingly low-rez like Pong. What I found interesting when I developed this game, is, that it could have been made already in the seventies. The technology that I used for it is (in a way) similar to what […]
Wish there were an easier way attach an Arduino to a breadboard? The Boarduino, from the Maker Shed, makes it easy! The low cost and small size makes it perfect for embedding into your projects. Full Arduino compatibility lets you use the latest IDE and code.
In addition to being a raging space nerd, I’m also a huge E.T. fanatic and collector of E.T. memorabilia. (just check out my laser-etched laptop) When Shannon Larratt shared these awesome E.T. rings he made, I flipped out a little bit on the inside. He moulded them using an E.T. toy and they look delightful. […]
