Calling All Artists for Swap-O-Rama-Rama, the World’s Largest Textile Repurposing Event, at Maker Faire Bay Area! Nearly one hundred years ago Mahatma Gandhi said,ย “There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness.” At the time India was struggling to resist British rule. Freedom could be gauged by touching the garments […]
In each bi-monthly episode of DiResta (every other Wednesday at 2pm PST), artist and master builder Jimmy DiResta (Dirty Money, Hammered, Against the Grain, Trash for Cash) lets us into his workshop, to look over his shoulder while he builds whatever strikes his fancy. On this episode of DiResta, Jimmy fashions himself a badass pair […]
Becky over at Adafruit is taking the wraps off an all new project, a capacitive touch sensitive plush USB game controller. At the core of the project is the Adafruit Flora, which is connected to eight pads of conductive fabric. The Flora uses Modern Device’s Capacitive Sensing library to read whether or not you’re touching […]
Audry Nicklin posted the pattern for this amazing Celestarium shawl based on an actual star chart.
Learn how to whip up a quick custom t-shirt with this simple t-shirt writing tutorial!
Maker Media CEO Dale Daugherty is one of the speakers at the three-day European conference OuiShare, which explores the collaborative economy of openness and sharing. OuiShare, a global community focused on promoting the collaborative economy, today announced OuiShare Fest, the first European event on the collaborative economy, which will take place in Paris from May […]
Raspberry Pis are neat because they have so many applications and are open to creative expansion by any user with an idea. And they’re only $35! The downside of that low price is that no accessories are included, which means no case. After the Raspberry Pi Meetup here at MAKE, I was inspired to make my own case out of an N64 game cartridge. Here’s how I did it!
