The Lab in the Classroom
3D printers are coming to schools. How do we make the most of them?
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Knit Hats Inspired By The Shining
Heather Boggs of Stitch Boom Bang isn’t gonna hurt you, she’s just gonna keep your brains warm with these amazing knitted hats inspired by The Shining!
Makers Against Ebola – Flash Sensor
Attention sensor fans! The protective suits worn by Ebola caregivers in West Africa get HOT! The heat and moisture buildup reduce work time to a paltry 40 to 60 minutes per shift. Maker solutions such as this Flash Sensor, prototyped by Kailey Shara, are helping. Caregivers on the front line of the Ebola crisis are torn between two competing priorities. On […]
Knitted Cthulhu Balaclava
Infamous crafter Tracy Widdess of Brutal Knitting shared this fantastic knitted Cthulhu balaclava just in time for Halloween!
BeagleBone Audio Looper
A simple three-switch effects looper for the BeagleBone Black built with open source software.
How-To: Leather Pet Name Tags
Got pets? Show your furry friends some DIY love with this leather pet name tag tutorial!
The Archivist: A DIY Book Scanner
Five years ago book digitization was the domain of giants — Microsoft and Google. Commercial book scanners cost as much as a small car. Collectively, we tried to fix that. Here’s how to build the Archivist — the VW Beetle of book scanners — cheap, durable, and tremendously effective. It’s open source (Raspberry Pi and Canon Hacks Development Kit) and made with simple materials like plywood, bungees, and skateboard bearings. As fast as you can turn the pages, the Archivist photographs them automatically and creates a zip file of the entire book, for conversion to the e-book format of your choice.