Producing complexity with a few simple objects has always fascinated me. With just an oak spool, clothes pin, felt pen, a bit of wax, and a rubber band, London-based All Lovely Stuff’s Drawing Machine does what it says on the tin.
This year’s Open Hardware Summit has a fantastic rooster of speakers. There are also some especially fun talks, like MAKE’s very own Super Awesome Sylvia and Joey Hudy talking about kids and open source, Jim Burke presenting on the Power Racing Series, and Erin Kennedy, aka RobotGrrl, on sharing inspiration through the development of robot kits.
If you’re interested in learning more about what an FPGA can do, you can visit Michael Jones in the Maker Pavilion this weekend at World Maker Faire New York. He’ll be showing off the FPGA MARK-1, which he designed with Eli Hughes.
I recently had a chance to play around with the Pelican U100 Urban Elite backpack. Quick review: It’s basically an armored Pelican laptop case with a backpack stitched on! More details: Like the Pelican toolbox I reviewed, this backpack puts protection of the contents as its top priority, never mind the weight. On the down […]
The team at Oh So Lovely Vintage are the owners of a beautiful revamped hutch thanks to their hard work. Check out their blog to see how they gave this piece of furniture a makeover.
I always love it when Heidi of My Paper Crane shares her Halloween projects with her readers, and this bat chandelier is one of them. This project requires craft supplies that I’m guessing a lot of us keep on hand, so creating this the moment the Halloween decorating bug bites you is easy.
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