DomeStar, a 6400-LED Geodesic Dome
NYC Resistor’s DomeStar is a child’s jungle gym covered in over six thousand LEDs.
Year: 2012
DiResta: Jimmy Carves a Stormtrooper Helmet for Halloween
For Halloween, I wanted to make a mask. I’ve always loved Star Wars characters, especially the stormtroopers. When I found a 4″ thick piece of blueboard Styrofoam insulation in the trash, I got inspired to undertake a stormtrooper helmet.
Mini Maker Faire Action: Norfolk & Groningen
Makers are pulling together interesting and new projects all over the place, all the time. That’s why Mini Maker Faires are such a great platform: every community has people hacking, building and creating, and cool projects are everywhere. See projects from Altanta and Fort Wayne (both last weekend), and a list of upcoming fairs.
MAKE Hangs Out: Modern Cuisine and Food Technology
Join MAKE senior editor Stett Holbrook and an A-team of culinary innovators and technologists for a live Google+ hangout today at 2pm Pacific Standard Time.
Heatit Brings More Amps to Microcontroller Projects
We all know the Arduino as a versatile electronics prototyping tool, but it is often lacking in applications that require higher amperage. Enter Heatit.
The Cut Paper Artworks of Emma van Leest
Artist Emma van Leest creates incredibly detailed and whimsical artworks by cutting into pieces of paper. [via Domestitch]
How-To: Framed Paper Cut Butterfly
Yesterday, I had the privilege of guest critiquing student tutorial projects in my pal Becky Stern’s Making Studio class at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in NYC, and this beautiful framed paper cut butterfly tutorial from Samantha Moore was one of the my favorite tutorials of the afternoon. I am very inspired by entomology […]