When I saw these pups on Geekologie today, I almost did a spit take. They are the most adorably ferocious creatures I’ve ever seen. I would say that it’s never too early to start planning your dog’s halloween costume, and this collection will provide the DIY’er with much inspiration! I think I’ll have to retire […]
Edward L. Platt describes himself as a “a web developer, maker, artist, recovering physicist, and neuroscience fanboy.” I met him at Maker Faire Detroit, where he had an exhibition of his geometric snowflake drawings, called “penflakes.” He told me he draws one by hand every day. He uses hex grid paper as a template, laying […]
Recycle a cereal box and a soda can and what do you get? At Instructables Paul Em shows us how to turn these throwaways into slick travel-size flashlights. Of course you’ll need a short list of other materials, including a light bulb and AA batteries, but most of what you’ll need Paul says you can […]
The very word means capable of being shaped, molded. Plastic is a cheap, durable, plentiful, extremely adaptable, and variable material that can be put to seemingly endless uses, from furnishings, building materials, and machine parts, to tools, weapons, vehicles, to now just about anything that can be extruded from a 3D printing head. The downside of its cheapness and ubiquity (not to mention the polluting nature of its manufacture) is that it leads to a profusion of waste material.
My good friend Shelli surprised me with a set of “Portlandia” coasters yesterday upon returning from her family vacation to Oregon. The set, created by House of Six Cats, features four phrases from the show, of which “Put a bird on it!” is my favorite.
In this episode of Sylvia’s Super Awesome Mini Maker Show, Sylvia builds the Monochron clock kit. Pick yours up in the Maker Shed: http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MKAD17&Click=37845
Thom Nichols is building a mobile QR Code scavenger hunt for the RI Mini Maker Faire based on QuiRk: A Cross-Platform QR Scavenger Hunt Game, which he launched at this year’s Wooly Fair.
We’ll be hiding QR Codes all over the RI Mini Maker Faire. If you find them all, you’ll be entered in a (free) drawing to win one of three awesome prizes, which we’ll be announcing soon.
