This tutorial for Dixie Cup Light Garland from Hey Gorgeous is both thrifty and lovely! Using paper covered mini cups to create tiny shades for stringed lights is such a great idea for decorating on the cheap, and can be easily customized to fit any holiday, event, or home decor. Brides and grooms take note: […]
This Great Ball Contraption features an nicely designed robotic arm. [Via The NXT Step]
The Arduino Mega ADK has been in the MakerShed a couple weeks now and we finally have sufficient quantities to blog about it. It looks just like an Arduino Mega 2560 except it has an integrated USB host controller and extra USB port making it Google ADK compatible! Lots of cool projects are being built around this board and Android phones. Don’t you want to get in on the fun?
Adam @ MAKE writes: Philadelphia area maker Jenn Hall improved the visual quality of her motorcycle helmet by turning it into a R2D2 helmet. The process included scuffing up the existing paint job and adding consecutive coats of spray paint and laboriously cut masking tape. The whole thing is finished off with some PVC tubing, […]
Back in 1974 Terry Gilliam made this tutorial film for the BBC about how he created the cut-out animations for Monty Python’s Flying Circus. The whole point of animation to me is to tell a story, make a joke, express an idea. The technique itself doesn’t really matter. Whatever works is the thing to use. […]
Morgan of The Brick House shares how she turned basic IKEA cabinets into a stunning “fauxdenza” along a large open space of wall in her entry way. It was an inexpensive hack that resulted in a beautiful piece that’s highly functional. Love it.
Check out this rather clever Instructable by harari, who used RJ-45 plugs and jacks to create a wonderfully geeky wall-mounted key organization system. [via Lifehacker]
