As part of our Weekend Projects series of beginner-friendly electronics projects, the 555 Timer Ball Whacker proves that you don’t always need a microprocessor to perform complex actions. This project uses similar components to some of our other Weekend Projects, and will also introduce you to the field of cybernetics, or “self-governing” principles.
Bring to Light took place last weekend as New York’s incarnation of Nuit Blanche, an international night time arts festival. The Bring to Light organizers invited artists to make site specific installations of light, sound, performance, and projection art in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn. Among the artists were Sean McIntyre and Reid Bingham, who created this long exposure, programmable rainbow maker they call Rainbow Tracer.
I do a lot of embroidery, but I rarely consider methods that go beyond the usual hand-stitches on flat surfaces. That’s why I find these hand-pleating and hand-smocking tutorials from Marie Grace Designs to be so fascinating—it’s like embroidery design in 3D! While the projects don’t look like they’re for the faint of heart or […]
Eri Gentry talks about Biocurious, a group that encourages diy bio labs and associated hacking. At Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 Gentry stresses the importance of play and socialization with other makers in finding biology innovations. Watch more videos from Maker Faire Bay Area . Subscribe to the Maker Faire podcast in iTunes, download the […]
Katy Arillaga built her first milk jug igloo on her elementary class’ rug. She built a version of this recyclable structure to Makre Faire Bay Area 2011. The first two layers contain water and provide stability to the rest of the structure, and is built upon using layers of fewer jugs until completed. Watch more […]
“We went into the garage when we were two young people with no money.” — Woz
The last time we featured Vicky of Stasty’s work here on the blog, it was her brilliant pattern-changes-in-every-slice Rubik’s cake that had us mind-boggled and duly impressed. She’s at it again with another clever twist on dessert, this time with a bit of culinary trompe l’oeil. The entire content of this plate is actually a […]
