3D-Printable Armor Scales
Thingiverse user Krest created STLs for five slightly different scales, which can be printed up and linked together to create awesome scale armor for cosplay or pure nerdiness. [via MakerBot]
Year: 2012
How-To: Sew a Built-In Bra with Cups
Give your tanks and tops an extra supportive boost with this built-in bra tutorial that Christine from Daughter Fish shared on BurdaStyle! I love sewing tricks that make my life easier, and adding a built-in shelf bra with actual cups for added support—an absolute must for ladies with a little extra oomph on top—means one […]
Free Webcast from Arduino Cookbook Author Michael Margolis
On Tuesday, June 19, 2012, the author of the Arduino Cookbook is offering a free webcast, Expanding the Capabilities of your Arduino Projects: Michael Margolis is the author of Arduino Cookbook 2nd Edition, a collection of projects utilizing the physical computing platform of Arduino, the open source electronics prototyping platform. In this webcast Michael will […]
Traditional Iranian Porcelain of Maybod Morvarid
June is ceramics month here on Makezine, and I’m reminded of a trip I took to Iran a few years back to visit my extended family. We traveled to Yazd, one of the oldest cities in the world, with history dating back 3,000 years. Yazd is known for its high-quality handicrafts, porcelain being one of […]
Mini Maker Faire North Carolina is Saturday 6/16
Final preparations are underway for North Carolina’s third annual Mini Maker Faire to be held on Saturday, June 16 in the Kerr Scott building on the NC Fairgrounds. The 2012 list of makers participating is full of exciting and creative projects from Tesla coils and solar power inventions to the return of Craig Trader’s Chaos […]
Handcraft Meets Graphic Design Fonts
Briar Mark’s project “I Could Have Done This…” takes a look at the merging of graphic design and hand crafts. As you’ll see in the video found on Font Feed, it obviously takes a LOT longer to hand embroidery a sentence than it would to type, but according to the graphic designer, there are possibilities […]
NEWS FROM THE FUTURE – Your Best Friend, The Drone…
NEWS FROM THE FUTURE – Your Best Friend, The Drone… Runners, you no longer have to convince your reluctant partner to put on sneaks and hit the streets with you, thanks to my new favorite drone: the Joggobot, a companion robot for runners. Using a built-in camera, the autonomous drone hones in on sensors in […]
