Math Monday: Linkages – Let’s Get This Straight
If you recall, in the last installment before we took a breather, Math Mondays posed a question/challenge: Is there a four bar linkage that produces precisely straight motion? How about a linkage?
Month: December 2012
Your Comments
Welcome to the fifty-fifth installment of Your Comments. Here are our favorites from the past week, from Makezine, our Facebook page, and Twitter.
Recipe: Peppermint Schnapps Swirl Cupcakes
These peppermint schnapps swirl cupcakes pack festive a punch, but they won’t get you in trouble at the office holiday party!
Happy Birthday, Lady Ada
Today is Ada Lovelace’s 197th birthday, a woman popularly known as the first computer programmer.
Flexible “Willow Glass” Sheeting
Launched this summer, Corning’s Willow Glass is an ultra-thin (0.1mm), flexible, roll-processable glass sheet intended for use in next-generation display devices. From an applications point of view, it offers the possibility of curved displays and/or interfaces that wrap around object or devices, and from a manufacturing point of view, the possibility of producing display devices using continuous “roll-to-roll” assembly, kind of like how bulk paper goods are processed.
The GIFs of Weekend Projects
A small collection of the GIFs made for our Weekend Projects series of beginner-friendly electronics projects. Because some concepts are best explained in GIF format!
How-To: Simple Lace-Embellished Scarf
I remember last year when we were brainstorming last-minute gifts to make, scarves made the top of the list. This lovely simple lace-embellished scarf tutorial fits the bill perfectly. I love the bright color mixed with lace; it’s perfect for the holidays without relying on red velvet. Although you could do it with that, too, […]
