My journey began with this post on MAKE, about “airigami” artist Larry Moss and his amazing balloon-sculpting skills. He’s currently fundraising to build a balloon dinosaur park called Elastic Park, filled with creatures like the one above. Digging deeper into Larry’s website, I found so many interesting balloon projects in his archives, including Balloon Manor, […]
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follower, the creator of the Handbag “Android Arduino Accessorizer”, wrote in with this excellent use of Android’s Open Accessory API, Arduino, and an LCD screen: The Android App is invisible and starts automatically when you connect the accessory. (You probably need to approve the running of the application within a few seconds or the accessory […]
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Cool folk art tutorial from delightfully-pseudonymed Instructables user “oldanvilyoungsmith” that manages to combine blacksmithing, old rusty bolts, and scorpions in a single project. Win, win, and win.
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Instructables user rog8811 set out to build a functional replica of an old-timey manual boating foghorn. He shows you how to build the basic horn by cutting apart a PVC sink trap and hacking it on to a off-the-shelf air pump. Then he does something I’d like to see more of in my own and others’ project tutorials…
Continue ReadingAs Marc de Vinck’s Arduino 101 video shows, the Memsic 2125 accelerometer makes it easy to add tilt, acceleration, and vibration detection to your next project. It can be used for making balancing robots, game controllers, musical instruments and anything else where force measurement can be used.
Continue ReadingYou might not think you still have time to whip up a nice handmade piece for your 4th of July table decor, but you’d be wrong. Check out how Kat of Kat’s Crafts turned a simple yard of red ticking fabric into a sweet Independence Day table runner in almost no time at all.
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