How-To: DIY Book Headboard
A DIY book-covered headboard project for the smart and style savvy geek.
Month: October 2012
RGB Matrix Backpack
Nootropic Design released a slick Arduino-based RGB matrix controller that attaches to the back of matrix and eliminates the need for a separate Arduino.
Planetary Gear Light Switch Plate
It’s one of five such delightfully overcomplexified mechanical switchification contrivances by Lance and L. J. Nybye of Green Tree Jewelry.
How-To: Kitchen Floor Vacuum Former
Want to make custom plastic 3D parts without a fancy 3D printer? Using your oven to melt the plastic and a household vacuum cleaner to supply the suction, Bob’s homemade vacuum former is the way to go. All you have to build is a simple wooden frame and a hollow box.
Scott Hensey: Toy Creator
Hundreds of finished toys and prototypes are scattered throughout Scott’s two-floor studio, Anaglyph Sculptures. They represent decades of sculpting and toy model making.
Mending Clothes
Lindsey of Café Johnsonia shares four ideas for mending clothes over on Design Mom. Her patch techniques give you several options to saving a pair of favorite jeans or a sweater the next time a hole develops or rip occurs. More: MAKE | How-To: Mend Moth Holes with Beautiful Appliqued Moths
High Tech Kitchens
Today I hosted another installment of my Google+ series Food Makers. The hangout was on modern cuisine and technology. The panel included some of the folks from Nomiku, the Haxlr8r/Kickstarter darlings who have created a home-use immersion circulator. What’s an immersion circulator? Watch and find out.
