Month: January 2013

How-To: Decorate iPhone Cases with Leftover Holiday Glitz

How-To: Decorate iPhone Cases with Leftover Holiday Glitz

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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Got leftover glitter and sparkly holiday decor? Cover iPhone cases with repurposed holiday glitz!

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Best of 2012: Google+ Hangouts on Air

Best of 2012: Google+ Hangouts on Air

By Stett Holbrook

Stett Holbrook

Stett Holbrook is editor of the Bohemian, an alternative weekly in Santa Rosa, California. He is a former senior editor at Maker Media.

He is also the co-creator of Food Forward, a documentary TV series for PBS about the innovators and pioneers changing our food system.

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We dived into the world of Google+ hang outs on air this part summer with Maker Camp, six weeks of daily hangouts, live and online. If the web democraticized publishing, G+ hangouts have democratized the video broadcast. They can be as low or high production as you like. All that’s required is a good ethernet connect and interesting conversation and guests and you’re good to go. Since then, MAKE has explore use of the technology. What we do with hangout will continue to evolve. For now, here is our highlight reel from the year that was.

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Adjustable Garage Storage Wall

Adjustable Garage Storage Wall

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 garage organization inspiration? Check out this adjustable storage wall!

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Build Google’s Book Scanner

Build Google’s Book Scanner

By John Baichtal

John Baichtal

My interests include writing, electronics, RPGs, scifi, hackers & hackerspaces, 3D printing, building sets & toys. @johnbaichtal nerdage.net

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While the DIY Book Scanner project shows you how to build your own scanner, Google’s vacuum-assisted Linear Book Scanner is also an option. Google has patented the design but is offering it online as a free license. [via core77]

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Light Painting with a Thermal Flashlight

Light Painting with a Thermal Flashlight

By Adam Flaherty

Adam Flaherty

I make cool stuff and write about other people making cool stuff on makezine.com. If you have something you think I should see, send me a tip.

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Impressed with the Public Laboratory’s Thermal Flashlight prototype, maker Max Justicz whipped together a nice self-contained version using an infrared thermometer, some RGB LEDs, and an Arduino housed inside a commercial flashlight enclosure to perform a little DIY thermal imaging.

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