Congrats to MAKE pal Dino Segovis, who just published the 52nd and final project in his one-year Hack a Week series: This cool laser “oscillograph” that modulates an audio input across the beam from a green laser pointer using a linear actuator recovered from a junk hard drive. A spinning mirror provides the time element.
I pride myself on being prepared for almost anything. Need Tylenol? I’ve got it. Post-it notes and highlighters? No problem. Band-aids? Let me dig in my purse. So, as a girl who likes to have it all under controI—and have it all on hand—I adore this emergency supply pouch from Lisa and Sarah, the mother […]
Raphaël Pluvinage and Marianne Cauvard designed Noisy Jelly: With this noisy chemistry lab, the gamer will create his own jelly with water and a few grams of agar agar powder. After added different color, the mix is then pour in the molds. 10 min later, the jelly shape can then be placed on the game […]
Looking for a simple, fun way to get your little ones into electronics? Check out the littleBits Starter Kit V2.0 available in the Maker Shed!
Morgan Gesell made this lovely latch hooked rug titled, “Euphengenia.” It just reeks of taste. More: Latch Hooked Childhood Cats How-To: Photorealistic Latch Hooked Rug Colorful Latch Hooked Eye Pillows
Do you find yourself always hunting around for a case to protect that DVD you just burned for a friend? Next time, try folding up this simple origami case from a standard letter-sized sheet of paper.
Stevie Bathiche, director of Microsoft’s Applied Sciences Group, introduces this video from GeekWire by explaining that “it looks like we just took an LCD and took the backlight off, but that’s actually not true. There’s actually been a lot of work that Samsung has done to improve the transmission quality of this display.” Be that as it may…
