ITP 2010 Spring Show
The ITP Spring Show 2010 (a two day exhibition of interactive projects, sound and physical computing at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program Tisch School of the Arts) was a blast!
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The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
Twitter-connected candy machine
This candy machine, the creation of Michael Nilsson and Marcus Olsson, is part of ThoughtMade, an Ignite-like gathering in Malmö, Sweden. The machine is equipped with a Beagle Board running Linux and dispenses candy whenever someone tweets “#ThoughtMade is sweet!” [Thanks, Chris]
Eric’s motorized bike conversion
MAKE reader Sophie sent us pics and details of a bike her boyfriend Eric converted to a motorized bike. Eric writes of the build: The first part off this project was to restore an old Schwinn Cruiser I found. I stripped it down to the frame, took off all of the old paint, and sprayed […]
Couch bikes bring comfort to a new level
I was unaware of the lovely couch bike phenomenon until my old landlord, Billy Gawrych, sent around this first image of two enterprising fellows taking this couch bike for a spin through the drive through. After an obsessive internet research session, I had amassed a compendium of couch bikes, for you to see in one […]
How-To: Mini Indoor Herb Garden
Michelle Min shares with us a method of using string to decorate recycled plastic yogurt containers to make pots for a mini indoor herb garden.
How-To: Birthday Surprise in The Mail
Last week, Jordan of Oh Happy Day! posted about an awesome project she put together for a friend’s birthday, and followed up today with a full tutorial on how she pulled it off. Last month for Aubrey’s birthday I organized a surprise for her. We blew up a picture of her and cut it down […]
How-To: “Plastic” from Expired Milk
Jie Roe learned to make a moldable, plastic-like material from expired milk: This home-made plastic is hardly a replacement for real plastic, but it’s a fun experiment to do with your friends or kids. The chemical reaction is based on the fact that casein is generated from milk and vinegar with some heat. It is […]