DJI Matrice: A Quadcopter Built for Hacking
DJI announced a new modular quadcopter platform called the Matrice 100, which is due out later this month and designed for customization.
Year: 2015
Try Something New: Cotton Fabric Dyeing 101
Give tired or stained cotton fabrics a colorful new look! Turn something unwearable or ugly into usable fabric yardage with cotton fabric dyeing 101. When it comes to playing with dye, there’s no need to feel intimidated. This fun and helpful cotton fabric dyeing 101 video tutorial from Jennifer at CraftSanity will walk you through […]
All Points Patchwork Project Excerpt: Making Templates for English Paper Piecing
All over the crafty internet right now, it seems like everyone is quilting. Hexagons, triangles, and all manor of fabric-fuelled geometry abound, and right at the center of all of that quilt-y goodness is the rise in popularity of English paper piecing! English paper piecing—EPP for short—is a hand-quilting technique that allows complete beginners and […]
DIY Beauty: Simple Stained Glass Soap
Handmade soaps make wonderful gifts, and a surprisingly simple batch of stained glass soap is a beautiful place to begin! If you’re a soap-making novice—or if you’re just looking for a quick and easy recipe—glycerine soap can help you get gorgeous results the first time around, and without the several-weeks-long curing time! Ready to bring […]
Esquilo and the Internet of Things
There seems to be a new microcontroller board most days, and they all try and sell themselves on simplifying development for the Internet of Things. But the Esquilo may actually stand a chance of doing it.
Embroidery Basics: Working with Metallic Floss (Without Losing Your Mind)
It’s a good thing metallic embroidery floss is so pretty, because it can be a serious pain in the backside to use. Unraveling, knotting, and mysteriously working itself into impossible tangles without warning are all to be expected—and that’s on a well-behaved day! But, what if working with metallic floss could be easy? Turns out, […]
A Peek at Hacking in an Energy Starved Future
In the future, we’ll all live in “Live Cubes,” tiny homes that restrict your energy and water use
