HOW TO – Make Colorful Swirled Cupcakes
Chica from Chica and Joe posted instructions for decorating cupcakes with colorful swirls using fancy tools like star tips and bags.
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Mod a toy missle launcher for longer range
This version of Hasbro’s TMB lazer missle launcher uses a hand pump to launch a single IR emitting grenade. It also has a four round removable magazine and an on board 3,000 psi high pressure air supply. Check out the link for pictures of the finished version. Launcher
Build your own laser tag system
This homebrew LaserTag game uses a cheap laser pointer combined with a toy gun and a PIC16F628A microcontroller that connects up to a piezo transducer which is used for producing various beeps. The 5 pin header plug at the bottom of the device is used to connect to a programmer for in-circuit programming. Check out […]
DIY Street Fair in Detroit
The peeps at Handmade Detroit tip us off to this new event happening in Ferndale called DIY Street Fair, which happens this weekend. Here’s what you can expect: This free 2-day event invites artists, hand-made crafters, local and national businesses, non-profit groups and organizations, musicians, local restaurants, michigan brewers and others who live and work […]
Nintendo DS Controlling A DSLR Camera
This is an interesting solution to controlling your DSLR without having to use a traditional computer. It occurred to me that if I could somehow tether a DSLR to an instant-on device like an Arduino microcontroller I would have less weight to carry around and could get more work done. After mentally spec’ing out what […]
Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting at SMoCA
I’m pleased to announce that the beloved exhibition Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting is on tour, and has stopped at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art in Arizona. Originally exhibited at the Museum of Art and Design in New York, the show… …looks at the unorthodox ways contemporary artists from around the globe transform the […]
30,000 dominoes make a U-turn
Wow … that’s one graceful cat! [via Neatorama]