NES Guitar in the Wild
If you ever wanted to see a NES guitar in action, here’s your chance. The one-man band is called The Gizzards and he packs lots of circuit-bent goodness. [Via GetLoFi]
Year: 2011
Wellesley College Engineering
Friday afternoon, I was vising my friend Amon Millner at Olin College. After finishing up, he invited me to go with him to the nearby Wellesley College and the Engineering Studio. Not knowing quite what to expect, but always interested in seeing hands-on learning spaces, I went along for the ride. What I saw took my breath away and left me speechless. It is still a bit mind boggling to consider what this lab has, and the amazing ideas that have come from it.
How-To: Encrusted Headband and Belt
Erica from P.S. I Made This… shows you how to make this encrusted headband and belt which will give some beautiful sparkle an outfit for a special occasion.
Dew Bucket’s Evaporation Cools Your Drinks
Instructables user JamesRPatrick created a self-cooling drink bucket. This version is designed to accept three 20oz bottles of soda or three 12oz cans. If you haven’t heard about evaporative coolers, they use warm water and evaporation to cool a medium in a way similar to the human perspiration system. Apparently they were used in ancient […]
Lego Spaceship Alphabet
Kudos to Mark Anderson, who made this incredible Lego spaceship alphabet: I was looking to create some Lego spaceships, but ran into a brick wall when it came to design. I mean what hasn’t been done to death already?! So, to kick start my creativity, I decided to do a scpaceship based on each latter […]
Homebrew Luge Track Comes Complete with Electronic Timers
Ryan Micallef and friends put together a backyard luge challenge that they call the Mario Cup, but were having trouble making accurate measurements of participant’s tract times. Fortunately, they are also hackers, so they threw together an automatic race timing system to help make precise measurements. Their system consists of two parts: A countdown timer/control […]
SXSW Handmade-and-Music Profiles
Hello Craft was on hand at the annual SXSW festival and offers up a week of handmade + music profiles from artists on site. Check out this interview with Global Maker Faire alum Meow Meow Tweet as well as the rest of the week’s stories.