3D Printed Knife Sharpener
Pop Ben Chapman’s 3D printed knife sharpener onto the bottom of a standard coffee mug to use the unglazed portion of the vessel to hone a blade.
Month: August 2012
Maker Camp: Squishy Circuits with AnnMarie Thomas
Week 5, Weird Science Wednesday at Maker Camp. Learn all about the science of electricity with squishy circuits.
Maker Camp, sponsored by MAKE magazine, was a virtual summer camp for teens, with a focus on creating, building, and discovering.From July 16th through August 24th, 2012, 30 awesome projects were made in 30 days, on Google+. Maker Camp is free and open to all.
Visit Makezine.com/maker-camp for more information.
Makey Awards 2012 Nominee 05: Parrot USA, Most Repairable
The Parrot.AR drone teardown on iFixIt saw one of the highest repairability scores that our pals over there have ever awarded. They cite the Parrot.AR’s repair-friendly design, the use of easily demountable fasteners, connectors, and subassemblies, and great repair support from Parrot itself, including readily available replacement parts and a series of how-to-fix it videos on the Parrot.AR site. And while a certain amount of repair-friendly design is just common sense in any R/C aircraft, common sense is not always so common, and even in the R/C market Parrot’s repairability still goes above and beyond the norm.
How-To: Connect 4 Binary Clock
Seeing this old Connect 4 game took me on a nostalgic trip back to the early 80s, sprawled out on our old brown carpeting, spending hours strategizing, stacking the chips, then pulling the lever and watching them all fall. And the fact that three classmates thought to convert it into a binary clock and share […]
DIY Embellished Sunglasses
I’d like to think Kristen made these glasses especially for me, being the glasses lover and whatnot! Regardless, these sparkly sunglasses are just right to send summer out in style.
How-To: Modern Bird Bath
I love this elegant DIY modern bird bath, using a “decorator’s table” and an IKEA bowl! The tutorial has nice step-by-step photos.
Papercraft McDonald’s Bag
This incredibly detailed papercraft sculpture by artist Yuken Teruya is definitely the most appealing thing I’ve ever seen come out of a McDonald’s bag. [via Laughing Squid] More: Toilet Paper Roll Tree Cutout @Craftzine.com blog
