John O’Halloran brought an array of Taiko drums to Maker Faire bay Area 2011, upon which music was played for the duration of the event. Each drum is built from reclaimed wine barrels and each Taiko drumming student is invited to participate in the construction process of their drums before playing them.
Anyone who pays close attention to the game of baseball is likely familiar with Billy Beane, the Oakland A’s manager whose radical approach to evaluating player stats, using a system of empirical analysis called sabermetrics, fundamentally changed baseball economics. Billy Beane’s story of disrupting a time-honored approach to managing baseball is the subject of the […]
Becky Johnson, of The Sweetie Pie Press, has been working on a “nothing” art project – Awards of Nothing. Johnson has been collecting art scraps and junk mail for these button-based awards. You can see the process behind her idea over on her blog.
This easy mod retains all of the convenience of the remote clipped to the visor while dispelling most of the risk. The remote button is concealed on the underside of a plastic beverage cup that rests in your cup-holder, with the electronics concealed inside the cup. To activate the opener, just push down on the top of the cup. From outside of the car (and from inside it, too), the remote looks like an empty soda cup you just haven’t thrown out yet.
Dora from Show, Tell, Share shared this fun tutorial for creating reverse applique knit scarves at Skip to My Lou. In case you’re not familiar with the technique, reverse applique is a great way to add additional texture and depth to your sewing projects. Head on over to Skip to My Lou to see the […]
The ADK TinkerKit from the Maker Shed is a pack of 25 TinkerKit Modules, an Arduino Mega ADK, a Mega Sensor Shield, and necessary wires to kickstart your Android development experience without soldering.
I was just thinking my cat’s wardrobe could use a jolt of style… Maybe a felted beret from ToScarboroughFair on Etsy is in order? [via The Dainty Squid]
