This brilliant how-to from Phil Hansen of Phil in the Whaaat? is an insanely simple way to turn a banana in to a piece of art. Of course, it’s a piece of art that will rot before your eyes, but that’s kind of the cool part, right? Do yourself a favor and check out Phil’s […]
Alan Chatham of Unojoy wrote an Instructable on using pencil drawings as capacitive sensors: Did you know? You can make pencil drawings reactive to touch for use with your projects! It’s really easy, and gives you a lot of flexibility in making interfaces for whatever microcontroller project you’re making. Making a capacitive touch sensor from […]
The team behind StinkybombSoap have added a familiar shape to their popular line of Ohio state soaps – the good ol’ United States. Learn more about these two Maker Faire vets over on Facebook.
The WW2 US Medical Research Centre has an extensive catalog of images and descriptions of World War II medical kits, vehicles, clothing, veterinary equipment, bags, field manuals, and more. There are also historical photos from the war sprinkled throughout.
You’ve got just one more day to apply to Handmade Detroit’s Craft Faire within Maker Faire Detroit this year. Don’t miss out!
I’ve always wanted to attend a real masquerade party, and this masquerade mask tutorial from Kendra at My Insanity has me thinking that I should just throw my own! Masqurade ball and dinner party, anyone? [Via Mod Podge Rocks] More: How-to: Paper Mask @Craftzine.com blog How-To: Sleep Mask @Craftzine.com blog How-To: Animal Masks @Craftzine.com blog
I’m following along as Erin “RobotGrrl” Kennedy continues to build the vintage Heathkit voltmeter she unboxed earlier this month. Now she’s continuing the build! Last part we unboxed the Heathkit, looked at all the components, and started to build some of it. Now it’s time to finish off the build with the three main plates. […]
