If you’re tracking confectionary trends, you know that cake pops are totally in right now. For those that aren’t in the know, it’s basically cake in a lollipop form factor. What could be more delicious and convenient? Anyway, Instructables editor scoochmaroo shows how you can make your own baked good on a stick. So if […]
Sick of shaky hand-held video? You could try to build one of the many DIY steadycam projects out there or you could attempt to recreate the work of Colorado Springs area maker Adam Sidman’s multi-axis camera stabilization device. Using MEMS gyro sensors and servo motors mounted to a yaw and pitch gimbaled structure, the device actively compensates for sloppy handheld camera movement.
When I posted the “Bre Builds a Bike” piece here last night, I neglected to include a link to the PDF that originally accompanied the Weekend Project. It’s a sweet little comic book that recaps the salient features of the video and includes this nice display of rudimentary bike tools. You can access the PDF […]
inPulse Hackathon at Hacker Dojo The Hacker Dojo is holding an inPulse watch hackathon on April 17. Calling all hackers! Come out to the Hacker Dojo in Mountain View, CA on April 17 for an inPulse hackathon. If you’ve already got an inPulse watch, that’s awesome – bring it along! If not, we’ll be supplying […]
I just love this great tutorial from Design Sponge on how to turn old light fixtures into terrariums (yes, those are still a fad). In any case, these are so much cooler and less expensive than trying to hunt down expensive glass bell or cookie jars now that every antique and thrift shop has caught on to their popularity.
Part of the charming special section opener illustration, by Juan Leguizamon, for MAKE Volume 26 As you likely know, the next issue of MAKE, now wending its way to subscribers (hitting newsstands by April 26) , is themed “Karts and Wheels.” While working on it, and its numerous projects and features (covering go-karts, scooters, skateboards, […]
