Over 50 Australian makers are coming out for Sydney’s first Maker Faire this weekend at the Powerhouse Museum. Highlights include the “Mini Theatrical Facades” by artist Cliff Simcox, the Pinball Pianola by Sydney artist Lucas Abela, robots from Sydney Robot Workshop, and the “Wheelie Big Bin” boombox.
Ray Wang’s modified his reflow toaster oven with a temperature probe controlled by an Arduino Pro, as well as an automatic door opener and auto-activating fan to reduce cool-down time.
If you like eating pomegranate seeds but you don’t enjoy the wistful and wandering de-seeding exploits that come along with it, then you might try this quick and easy technique for de-seeding pomegranates by Food Beast.
These watercolor bud vases over on Design Sponge are a sweet DIY to spruce up your Thanksgiving table
Some great photography and video projects from the community and a call for others.
MAKE invited me to post a “behind the scenes” for how our current Kickstarter project for our catapult and ballista is going: how we designed the siege engines, planned for our production costs and timing, and what launching on Kickstarter actually looked like for us.
Get a jump on your holiday sewing with this quilted Christmas tree trivet tutorial!
