Make: Live airs tonight! Ep15 is live from MAKE HQ in Sebastopol, CA. Dan Spangler shows off his combustion cannon and launches a soda can and tennis ball across the back yard, and Max Heald shows us his in-progress electric wheelchair robot. Brookelynn Morris shows us her LED hula hoop and puts the staff to […]
Make: Live airs tonight! Ep15 is live from MAKE HQ in Sebastopol, CA.
This tutorial for Dixie Cup Light Garland from Hey Gorgeous is both thrifty and lovely! Using paper covered mini cups to create tiny shades for stringed lights is such a great idea for decorating on the cheap, and can be easily customized to fit any holiday, event, or home decor. Brides and grooms take note: […]
This Great Ball Contraption features an nicely designed robotic arm. [Via The NXT Step]
The Arduino Mega ADK has been in the MakerShed a couple weeks now and we finally have sufficient quantities to blog about it. It looks just like an Arduino Mega 2560 except it has an integrated USB host controller and extra USB port making it Google ADK compatible! Lots of cool projects are being built around this board and Android phones. Don’t you want to get in on the fun?
Adam @ MAKE writes: Philadelphia area maker Jenn Hall improved the visual quality of her motorcycle helmet by turning it into a R2D2 helmet. The process included scuffing up the existing paint job and adding consecutive coats of spray paint and laboriously cut masking tape. The whole thing is finished off with some PVC tubing, […]
Back in 1974 Terry Gilliam made this tutorial film for the BBC about how he created the cut-out animations for Monty Python’s Flying Circus. The whole point of animation to me is to tell a story, make a joke, express an idea. The technique itself doesn’t really matter. Whatever works is the thing to use. […]
