New in the Maker Shed: Ultimate GPS Breakout
It’s hard to find a good, reliable GPS module, which is why haven’t carried one. But when when we tested the Adafruit Ultimate GPS, we knew it was worthy enough to be in the Maker Shed!
Month: September 2012
DIY Polaroid Necklace
Ambrosia Creative‘s Jenn created this sweet Polaroid charm featured on Dot Com for Moms. The charm is made using crafting clay. Which image would you put in there?
How-To: Vintage Necktie Scissors Organizer
Put your vintage necktie collection to work with this vintage necktie scissors organizer that Becky from Glue and Glitter shared on Craft Test Dummies!
Multiplo, an Arduino-Controlled, Open-Source Robot Kit
Congrats to robot fans Rodolfo, Julián, Lucio and Mónica for the successful Kickstarter funding of their Multiplo robot set. We developed this system in order to prototype robots. But we ended inventing a platform to build things. We have been using it at public schools and it had proved to be suitable as teaching material. […]
Hong Sungchul’s 3D String Sculptures
Artist Hong Sungchul creates these visually dazzling works by printing images onto to strings and then displaying the imagery as three dimensional sculptures. [via domestitch]
123D Catch Available on iPhone
Autodesk recently released an update to their 123D Catch photogrammetry app that now runs on the iPhone. Similar in function to the previously iPad-only app, a user captures a series of photographs that get forwarded to an online service for processing into a 3D model.
How To Turn Your Car’s Ashtray Into a Smartphone Dock
Your friend and mine, Jason Torchinsky has created another wonderful, simple car hack. This time, he shows you how to convert the ashtray in your car into an iPhone dock. The basic idea is really simple: let’s put an iPhone (or Android) dock inside the little drawer-like ashtray. Let’s get it hooked up to the […]
