Catarina Mota, Alicia Gibb and Shelby Arnold built a speaker made entirely from copper foil tape on cardstock. They’re testing it with the JelTone edible piano. The speaker’s design comes from the High-Low Tech Research Group at MIT. The tape is applied to the paper in a coil-shaped pattern. When connected to the output lines […]
Ooh, this is so hot! …love Maegan makes it look incredibly simple.
In my last post, I heralded the underrated benefits of analog drawing and why I think it’s the perfect gateway to making. The post was not, however, meant to take anything away from the incredible benefits of computer-aided tools. In fact, after last night’s ShopBot class at TechShop, I have an even higher respect for how amazing computer-based tools can be.
I love the flavor of barbecue but don’t like adding sugar to my food, which is what makes this recipe so appealing. Takoeza at Instructables explains that “to ‘braai’ or barbecue meat is a South African tradition,” and with only drops of pineapple juice, balsamic vinegar, and some spices he shows us how to braai […]
Here’s one of my favorite Halloween craft tools this year in action – this Martha Stewart pumpkin edge punch from her Halloween collection. I found it at my local Michaels and put it good use making my Halloween greeting cards. I’m using some of Martha’s project paper pads, too, to make flat cards. And for […]
Bill Secunda’s sculpture “Mantis Dreaming” was inspired by The Verve’s song “Catching The Butterfly.” Of it, he writes: “I imagined a praying mantis might have that dream, his opposite, the butterfly, beautiful, delicate, and always out of reach. He is so infatuated with it, when the butterfly lands on him he stands frozen. His instincts clash with his fascination, all he can do is hope it doesn’t fly away.”
There’s more than just one 32-bit PIC based “Arduino-compatible” on the block and this one, the Pinguino, is a board that I was pretty interested in – mostly because it’s from a maker (for makers) not a company so much and the efforts towards an open source tool chain. I emailed the designer and maker of this board asking about its history, the differences between their board and the chipKIT Uno32. Keep reading for a fantastic overview with Jean-Pierre Mandon and Tsvetan Usunov.
