Identifying Unknown Plastics
This is a piece of free-burning ABS tubing showing characteristic flame color and smoke. The burn test, as it’s known, correlates a plastic sample’s composition with a set of observable properties including…
Year: 2011
How-To: Crochet Colorwork Heart Hat
When I start a colorwork hat, I don’t always have a motif in mind – sometimes I just start changing colors and build small geometric shapes. In this case, however, the hearts chose themselves. If you want, you can substitute any small motif.
Arduino Leonardo Opens Doors to Product Development
The Arduino Leonardo is one of the latest boards announced by the Arduino team at World Maker Faire. It’s not going to replace the Arduino Uno, but provide an additional alternative. It’s a lower cost Arduino board using only surface mount components and simpler circuit, and it really excites me.
Schuyler Towne’s 24-Part Online Lockpicking Course
Schuyler Towne, the locksport aficionado who rode the Kickstarter wave to the tune of $87K, has uploaded a 24-part lockpicking course to YouTube. I can’t wait to dive in!
How-To: Machine Basting
Basting is a step that shows up regularly enough in sewing instructions, but many makers don’t know exactly what it is and why you would want to take the time to learn how to do it. Personally, I think that basting is one of the most helpful tools for accurately constructing a sewing project, which […]
How-To: Drifting Robot Car (video)
Learn how to make a drifting robot car with a few cheap components and some simple code in this tutorial episode of The Latest in Hobby Robotics.
Tap Tap Animation: Purin Phanichphant
Tap Tap Animation is Purin Phanichphant’s glowing interactive art installation. Participants press the lights to turn them on and off, creating a wall of intricate pixelated patterns and designs that evolves with every touch. Filmed at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. Subscribe to the Maker Faire Podcast in iTunes, download the m4v directly, or watch […]