Experiencing the Parallax Expo
Our friend Daniel Gentleman went to the Parallax Robotics and Microcontrollers Expo in April, and he wrote the following trip report for us.
Year: 2012
How-To: DIY Baker’s Twine
Love colorful baker’s twine, but hate the ridiculous craft store price? Check out this DIY baker’s twine tutorial from Laura Beth at A Step in the Journey, and see how to get the same look with supplies you already have on hand! More: How-To: Twine Ball Light Garland @Craftzine.com blog Parmesan Cheese Shaker Twine Storage […]
How-To: Wood And Leather Mail Basket
I love this beautiful wood and leather mail basket from Matt of Wood and Faulk over on Design*Sponge. Spontaneous piles seem to form around my house. Mail is probably the most often piled culprit. Why worry about opening mail and filing it when you can stack it up for a week? If you feel the […]
How-To: Painted Nautical Rope Necklace
Add some seaworthy style to your summer wardrobe with this painted nautical rope necklace tutorial from Stephanie at Henry Happened! More: DIY Rope Necklace @Craftzine.com blog How-To: Decorative Rope Bowl @Craftzine.com blog How-To: Neon Rope Bracelets @Craftzine.com blog
Weekend Projects – Little Big Lamp
Complete instructions for this episode of Weekend Projects can be found at
http://makeprojects.com/Project/Little-Big-Lamp/2310/1
Combine your shop skills and your soldering skills to fabricate your very own desk lamp! Using hardware store-bought PVC and some electronic components, design and build this classic light fixture. Based on an earlier project, Little Big Lamp has been updated to take advantage of new and improved technology. This build will also introduce you to wiring LEDs in series and the principle of Pulse Width Modulation.
Weekend Projects – Sun Logger
Complete instructions for this episode of Weekend Projects can be found at
http://makeprojects.com/Project/Sun-Logger/2275/1
Our second Arduino project in this series of Weekend Projects, the Sun Logger is a device that gathers data about sunlight. Hack a light-sensitive photoresistor to a homemade “shield” to record data to an SD card, and then examine this data later on your computer to see how light changes in an area over time.
Weekend Projects – Optical Tremolo Box
Complete instructions for this episode of Weekend Projects can be found at
http://makeprojects.com/Project/Optical-Tremolo-Box/2276/1
Inspired by Charles Platt’s “Stomp Box Basics” article (MAKE Volume 15, page 82), follow along as we build this Optical Tremolo Box, which reads a patterned disk with a light sensor to create a warbling audio effect (tremolo).
For this project, MAKE Technical Editor Sean Ragan used a cadmium sulfide photoresistor to provide us with our light sensor – a component we have used in previous Weekend Projects. Not only does it look cool and sound great, but once you’ve made the project, you can customize it by making your own effects disks!