Yarn Ball Earrings And Mini Yarn Skein Necklaces
I imagine any knitter would love to wear a pair of these adorable yarn ball earrings or mini yarn skein necklace from Max’s World. So cute and colorful!
Month: August 2011
How-To: Demonic Garden Gnomes
Cool original content over at Hack a Day, featuring guest author Jack Buffington. Jack hybridizes a common, less-conspicuously-evil lawn gnome with a solar garden lamp to create a full-bore, out-and-out-unholy abomination of a lawn gnome with eyes that glow in the night.
How-To: Space Invaders Woven Gift Topper
We posted a couple months back about Mini-eco’s woven gift topper, but here’s a really fun new Space Invaders version she’s done. What I love most about this project is that it’s a simple way to introduce yourself to the joys of weaving in patterns. Once you’ve mastered these aliens, think how many other images […]
Tokyo Hackerspace’s Geiger Counter Project Continues to Evolve
This March, Tokyo Hackerspace was hooking Geiger counters up to the Internet to get accurate radiation readings and stream the data for all to see. Since then, they haven’t been resting on their laurels, teaming up with Safecast and developing a NetRad shield that fits on the Freakduino wireless microcontroller board. THS member Akiba gave […]
World Maker Faire NY 2010 makers’ DIY essentials in IEEE Spectrum
What are the tools every hands-on projecteer needs? To answer that question, we went right to DIYers themselves, specifically the exhibitors at last fall’s World Maker Faire NY event. One tool everyone agreed on is a Multimeter. It’s surprising how much information you can glean from a simple resistance reading or by checking out the voltage drop across a series of LEDs.
Tiny Needle Felted Landscape Brooches From Lil Fish Studios
Lisa of Lil Fish Studios has been making some incredible tiny needle felted landscape brooches, and their detail is blowing me away. This one, her smallest to date, is mounted on a piece of deer antler that she cut and drilled. Be sure to check out her Flickr stream for more examples of her beautiful […]
Android Powered Robot Tank
The smartphones NASA uses on missions to conduct experiments are the same smartphones that can be used to control your next hobby robotics project. Android robotics enthusiast, Tamlyn, used a IOIO board and a reclaimed RC tank chassis to create this Android powered robot tank.
