Instructables user science4u used this simple arrangement to create an ad hoc paper resistor — a strip of heavy paper with pencil lead limiting the flow of current, with precisely spaced paperclips serving as leads. Desperate for a 10K? Draw your own! [Thanks, Laura!]
Anything that makes me laugh out loud on Monday morning is a good thing, and I thought this free pregnancy announcement printable was absolutely hilarious.
Learn how to easily transfer a design onto perfboard to create a professional looking and easy to follow circuit layout. You need little more than your circuit design, a laser printer, and an iron.
Fiddleheads are in season now, but these amigurumi fiddleheads by flickr user Enchanting Stamps’ are good year round.
We were lucky enough to get our hands on one of the Red Bull TurBull Encabulator boards early, and even opening the box was a cool experience. The laser-cut wooden sides came with diffusing paper, leading me to the idea that it would make a great-looking lamp. After some more brainstorming, I decided on a programmable, lighted “MAKE” sign, and the “big letters project” was born.
If you’ve been to your local hacker/makerspace and there weren’t many women, did you stop and wonder about that? I hope so, but unfortunately a common reaction is to think, “I guess women just aren’t into building stuff.” As one of the few women directors of a U.S. makerspace, I know that this just isn’t true.
Mother and daughter etsy users Harmonden worked together to produce these impressive crocheted 8-bit video game rugs!
