Let’s Make Robots at World Maker Faire NY
Andrew Terranova writes in to let us know what Let’s Make Robots is bringing to World Maker Faire NY this weekend at the New York Hall of Science in Queens.
Month: September 2011
In the Maker Shed: PIR Sensor
The PIR sensor, from the Maker Shed, is a great way to add motion sensing capabilities to your project. It uses an infrared sensitive element enclosed by a Fresnel lens to detect changes in heat patterns up to 20 feet away.
How-To: Yo-Yo Coin Purse
Zakka Life shows us another great way to use fabric yo-yos in a project with this easy coin purse that uses just two yo-yos and a frame. Brilliant!
Tool Review: Drill Press Bottle Capper
After a fifteen year hiatus I recently began brewing beer again. While gathering tools and supplies for bottling, I came across this handsome bottle capper. The typical countertop model (looks like a juicer) that takes up counter and cabinet real estate. This stainless steel capper attaches to your drill press. Instead of adding another unitasker […]
Xperia Commercial Describes a Floating Maker Studio
Copenhagen art studio illutron conducted a 3-day hackathon using Xperia phones. Illutron is located on Copehnagen’s south harbor in a boat, how cool is that? [Via Arduino]
How-To: Transfer Embroidery Patterns to Felt
Mary Corbet from Needle ‘n Thread may has solved one of my most frustrating crafting problems: transferring embroidery patterns—or any pattern, for that matter—onto felt. You can find her prick and pounce embroidery design transfer method here, then check out her suggestions for using this method on felt. Plus, if you’re careful, you can just […]
Reusing Leftover Plastic Model Sprue, or, The Art of Sprue-Stretching
Admittedly, “art” may be, ah, stretching it a bit, but hot-pulling scrap styrene model sprue over an open flame to make plastic rods of various thicknesses is a classic technique in plastic model-building. The resulting material can be as thin as a human hair, and commonly finds use in scale modelling as antenna aerials, wire, bolt heads, etc.
