Bicycle Wheel Animations
My friend Karen Nazor send me a link to this video of animations being created, phenakistoscope/persistence of vision-style, on bicycle wheels, using paper cut-outs in the spokes. Really nifty.
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Post-Turkey Playlist
For anyone needing some post-Thanksgiving energy for holiday crafting, Extreme Crafter, and Craft contributor, Garth Johnson has put together this playlist for Etsy. If you’re a fan of the Swedish Chef, you won’t be disappointed. Check out the entire playlist here.
How-To: Retro-Style Space-Themed Stockings
Create these awesome retro sci-fi Christmas stockings
NES Controller Interface for Etch A Sketch
YouTuber Alpinedelta32 created this simple but fun retro remix by combining a Nintendo Entertainment System controller with an Etch A Sketch. The drawing toy’s knobs are rotated by 12 volt stepper motors and they’re controlled with the d-pad of the NES controller. Behind the scenes he has an Arduino for motor control and a computer power supply to provide the 12 volts needed by the steppers. I’m guessing the next logical step is to rig the start button to flip the Etch A Sketch over and shake away the drawing.
Kit-A-Day Giveaway: Defusable Alarm Clock Kit
Today’s item is a Defusable Alarm Clock Kit (retail value $35). Here’s John Baichtal’s review of the kit from the Guide…
Book Review Plus Project Excerpt: Sew Kawaii
Sew Kawaii: 22 Simple Sewing Projects for Cool Kids of All Ages By Choly Knight Fox Chapel Publishing I’m so excited about this book! As soon as I received it in the mail my 8-year-old was on the floor flipping through the pages, and decided she was going to make the smiley-face strawberry keychain – […]
Building the MakerGear Mosaic 3D Printer – Part II: The Y-Axis
This is the second installment of my series on building Rick and Karen Pollack’s MakerGear Mosaic 3D printer. This part covers assembly of the robot’s first of three Cartesian axes. One of the nice features of the Mosaic kit is that several of the more complex subassemblies are supplied pre-built, greatly simplifying construction. This stage of the build consists essentially of…