I love how many of the maker geniuses who work on our site are usually up to something behind the scenes — some new project, new product, Pinky and the Brain-type schemes for taking over the world. I was talking to new contributor Riley Porter the other night about the Make: Arduino page he’s been […]
A weekly craft fair roundup and a call for vendors.
Hexagons are cool but a bit of a pain because their spacing involves a root 3, a non rational number. This means you can’t lay it out on strip board, it needs a special PCB. That’s why I built my CNC project mainly to do this project. The hexagonal spacing allows different sorts of sequencers […]
(Image: A Singer Sewing ad from 1951, Courtesy Singer Sewing Co.) By Judi Ketteler In 1992, when I was a senior in high school, I made the cutest pink plaid jumper ever. I picked out the fabric, decided the length of the hem, and modified the neckline. Paired with my black tights, the jumper represented […]
This Codebox shows you how to use the ZXing library (pronounced “Zebra Crossing”) to identify QR codes in a live webcam feed.
Bart from buildlog.net wrote in to share his latest DIY laser cutter design, the 2.X laser. The mechanical parts are all either off-the-shelf or lasercut, and it can be controlled using a number of standard electronics sets. Oh, and did we mention it’s all available with a Creative Commons license? The second generation open source […]
Savvy Housekeeping shows you how easy it is to turn a bar of soap into liquid hand soap, just by adding a little bit of vegetable glycerin.
