Craft Room: Pegboard with Matching Tool Outlines
Organize all of your craft room must-haves with this smart project for making your own pegboard with matching tool outlines!
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Make-an-Entrance Party Doorbell
Next time you host a party, let your guests could choose what kind of entrance to make! The Make-an-Entrance Party Doorbell is a wireless doorbell with four buttons. Your guests can select between themes you choose, say, royal fanfare, heavy metal, Star Wars, or cheering sports fans. When they push the appropriate button, a regular doorbell sound is heard inside. But when the door is opened, a sound effect is played to match their selection. At the core of the project is a Raspberry Pi equipped with the EnOcean Sensor Kit.
The ChalkJET Writing Machine
“Way back” in 2009, students in the UC Berkley “ME 102” class came up with this excellent automatic chalk-spraying machine. It uses 8 cans of spray-chalk to spray the message of your choosing onto the sidewalk or street as you push it along. This device is controlled by two Arduino Duemilanove boards, which apparently base […]
DIY Slouchy Backpack
Need a casual bag for a casual outing? Why not put together your own slouchy backpack with this handy tutorial from Donatella of inspiration & realisation?
Surplus Tank Yoke Becomes an Incredible Game Controller
What do you get when you combine surplus military hardware with a computer interface? In this case, probably the beefiest computer game controller you’ve ever seen made out of an old M1 Abrams training simulation’s turret yoke. This controller functions as a “twisty yoke,” as featured on the Star Wars arcade game from the 1980s. […]
Roll up, roll up, for the Trondheim Maker Faire
Roll up, roll up, once again for the greatest show (and tell) on Earth, and the second Maker Faire in Trondheim, Norway.
Design A Shawl for Stevie Nicks!
Ready to participate in the greatest thing to ever happen to shawls? Ok, then stand back before you hurt yourself from the exuberant spin that you might just inadvertently break into when you hear that the rumours are true and you have just under a month to submit a shawl design for Stevie Nicks.