Founding members Nick Britsky, Russ Wolfe and Ted Hansen take us on a tour of i3, Detroit’s premier hackerspace. Although well appointed with extensive workspaces and every tool imaginable, i3 Detroit’s real strength is its members, its sense of community, and the collaboration that occurs when makers have a place to meet and work.
When the owners of fledgling Black Heart Brewery appeared on Make: Live’s Brewing Beer and Coffee Episode, they showed off their automatic brew controller, HERMES 2.0. Brett Martin from this Binghamton-based nano brewery is now sharing some of what he has learned from making enclosures for their brewing system. In this excellent Instructable, Brett shows how to mount electronics inside a simple outdoor electrical box complete with buttons, dials, connectors, and an LCD display. I think you’ll agree that the final product looks pretty nice, but you may also want to check out how it works in Brett’s video demo of their fermentation controller.
I always thought paracord bracelets were kind of cool, but I always felt you needed a matching survivalist ensemble to go along with it, so I never really thought it an appropriate accessory to my casual wardrobe. Enter the paracord camera wrist strap from dsptch. Clip it on to any 4/3 or P&S camera and you’ll always have a handy length of paracord with you. [via likecool]
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The Pelican 1460 toolbox is gloriously heavy and bulky precisely because it’s built to stymie a tank. Pelican has made a name for itself by manufacturing nigh-indestructible instrumentation cases that are adored by everyone from roadies to electrical engineers. The military use them. People ship their MakerBot 3D printers in Pelican cases. So, it might […]
The Brick House posted this GIANT XL macrame wall. It is such a rad modern spin on the 70’s-style craft and would be a killer headboard or room divider. Where would you hang a piece like this?
What do you do when you want a CNC machine but don’t have the room or the funds for the massive professional equipment needed to cut custom parts? I found myself with this dilemma, so I chose to scale down my purchase and invest in a manual mill that I could eventually convert to a CNC.
