How-To: DIY Twine Stand
Keep your craft space and your twine collection organized with this DIY twine stand tutorial!
Year: 2013
LilyPad MP3 Released
The new Lilypad MP3 board is out and it looks pretty sweet! Lilypads are washable Arduinos designed for wearable electronics. You can sew them onto your clothing and wire them up with conductive thread. The new MP3 board is basically an Arduino — it’s got the standard ATmega 328p with Arduino bootloader. However, like the […]
How-To: Recycled Gift Card Necklace
Are empty gift cards cluttering up your wallet? Turn them into a custom piece of upcycled jewelry with this recycled gift card necklace tutorial!
A News Stand Made From Upcycled Denim
Artist Ian Berry (aka Denimu) used nothing but old jeans to create this incredibly realistic life-sized news stand for an exhibition in San Francisco.
Movers and Makers: Drone Dudes
Drone Dudes are a team of filmmakers and designers who use RC copters to capture stunning aerial cinematography. In this video we interview Andrew Petersen and Jeff Blank, who operate a radial octocopter capable of lifting cameras up to 12lbs. on a 2- or 3-axis gimbal. All the gear stows away inside their Transit Connect, which doubles as a camping vehicle when they are on the road.
Close Encounters of the T-Rex Kind
The Maker Faire Bay Area brings in Makers from around the world, like 15 year-old Gabriel Diaz Yanten, who is coming all the way from Chile along with his animatronic dinosaur puppet, Anacleto. Anacelto is a 12.8 feet tall and 8.2 feet long T-Rex that Gabriel designed and built with the help of his uncle, a mechanic.
Tool Review: BioLite CampStove
We’re impressed with the BioLite CampStove, a fan-stoked, twig-fueled rocket stove with a thermoelectric module that converts heat into electricity to charge your cell phone or other device.