How-To: Hardcover Book Lamp
Give damaged or unreadable books with quirky covers a new life as eye-catching home decor with this hardcover book lamp tutorial!
Month: February 2013
Make: Believe // Special Effects Scar Makeup Tutorial
In this installment of Make: Believe, we learn how to make a few simple scars using special effects makeup. This is a great first project to get into costume makeup. Join us as our intern Paloma Fautley exhibits these techniques on our Creative Director, Jason Babler. Materials: Liquid Latex Scar Wax Vaseline Assorted Eye Shadow […]
Repair Your Pair (Of Jeans)
If you’ve worn a hole in a favorite pair of denim blue jeans, check out this great little instructional video from Swedish jean company Nudie Jeans, showing you how to repair the hole using a bit of iron-on interfacing, a swatch of denim, and a needle and thread. It’s a super simple and the fix is unobtrusive-looking. Press play on the video just to hear the charmingly upbeat 1930s ditty “Tre Trallande Jรคntor” by Felix Kรถrling.
Mercury Switch Doorbell
Mercury has been used for everything from pipe organs and furnaces to simple switches. Here we take a look at a basic mercury tilt switch and use it to operate a mechanical doorbell (with video).
NYC’s Hardware Startup Meetup, and New York’s Next Top Maker
A look at some of the projects competing in the New York’s Next Top Makers competition, recently presented at the 6th Hardware Startup Meetup in NYC.
Robots to the Rescue
The aim of DARPA’s Tactically Expandable Maritime Platform is to link shipping containers to form whatever shape you desire – useful for emergency helicopter landings or creating platforms for crane use. The GRASP Lab at UPenn, which is famous for their use of quadrotors, has taken the lead on research for the project.
CNCed Tool Drawer Organizer
Minneapolis maker Greg Flanagan made an organizer for his tools using a slab of CNCed wood. First he arranged the tools how he wanted them. Next, he took a photo of the arrangement and pulled it into his vector art program where he traced the tools. Finally, he imported his drawing into CAM software and […]
