Month: January 2013

Toy Inventor’s Notebook: Hack in a Hat

Toy Inventor’s Notebook: Hack in a Hat

Bob Knetzger

By Bob Knetzger

Bob Knetzger

Bob Knetzger (neotoybob@yahoo.com) is an inventor/designer with 30 years of experience making fun stuff.

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Often when pitching a company an idea for a new product, it’s not what you have, it’s what they think you have. That was the case when I presented this “game-in-a-hat” toy idea. My idea: a preschooler-sized hat that uses a motion sensor and sound circuit to play a simple musical game. As the hat […]

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Howtoons Color Racer

Howtoons Color Racer

Saul Griffith

By Saul Griffith

Saul Griffith

DR. SAUL GRIFFITH is founder and principal scientist at Otherlab, an independent R&D lab, where he focuses on engineering solutions for a clean energy, net-zero carbon economy. Occasionally making some pretty cool robots too. Saul got his PhD from MIT, and is a founder or co-founder of makanipower.com, sunfolding.com, voluteinc.com, treau.cool, departmentof.energy, materialcomforts.com, howtoons.com, and more. Saul was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2007.

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Nick Dragotta

By Nick Dragotta

Nick Dragotta

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Make and play this board game based on the primary colors!

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How-To: Constellations Scarf

How-To: Constellations Scarf

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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Get in on the latest star-inspired fashion trend with this stamped and embroidered constellations scarf!

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How-To: Hemming Knits and Stretch Fabrics

How-To: Hemming Knits and Stretch Fabrics

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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Need to hem knit or stretch fabrics, but don’t have a serger? No problem! Check out this video tutorial.

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