We’ll be marveling at the rail-bound, handmade, human-powered race vehicles tomorrow at the fourth annual Great Handcar Regatta in Santa Rosa, Calif. The Regatta takes place in historic Railroad Square from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. with the first of two heats starting at noon (“to be taken with a grain of salt on race […]
I’m coming to you live from Chesterton, Ind., today. I just got back from a trip downtown to some great antique and knick-knack stores and came home with lots of treats. My favorites just might be these Martha Stewart cookbooks. Who’s found some good, crafty thrift finds recently?
I’m a big fan of scavenging at the hardware store to find fun thing for crafting fashion accessories. Jenni of I Spy DIY shares how to make these cool neon rope bracelets with supplies from your local home improvement store. Related: How-To: Wrapped Bracelets How-To: Old School Lanyard Bracelets
Nick Leindecker of the Stanford Optical Society shows Laser Craze, a laser cutter that is controlled by two knobs much in the way an Etch a Sketch works. At Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 he allowed attendees to try out his invention on various burnable surfaces, while also showing his LED creations.
Looking to freak out your friends (or trick-or-treaters) with fancy new skin art, but don’t want to make a permanent commitment? Check out this tattoo tights tutorial from Urban Threads for all of your fake body art needs! Personally, I’m thinking that an Ira Glass or Carl Kasell tattoo would do quite nicely..
Thanks to Morskoiboy’s creation, you can now touch type your own Tom and Jerry. This syringe-based keyboard pumps various colored potables through 136 tubes totaling 30 meters of length. But before being poured into the glass, the liquid is pushed through the appropriate parts of a 14 segment display, indicating the letter you pressed. According […]
Jeri shows the basic construction of solenoid actuators and demonstrates the relationship between strenght and hold power relative to current flow in the coil. [Via Adafruit]
