My Own Laser Tag System
What started as a hobby has turned into much more — I’ve spent more time with my kids, become more active, and even launched a small side business.
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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.
Heirloom Technology — Handy Tricks from Guatemala
With 3,000-plus years of maize cultivation, Guatemalans have come up with some ingenious tricks and tools.
Go-Karts Race to College
Winner gets a $10,000 college scholarship. Loser goes home.
CRAFT: 08 Release Parties in Austin & Atlanta
We’ve got not one, but two CRAFT: 08 release parties happening this weekend! In Austin, TX we’re teaming up with none other than Jennifer Perkins to celebrate not only the release of our fabulous new issue, but also the release of her brand new book: The Naughty Secretary Club: The Working Girl’s Guide to Handmade […]
“Retro-minimalist homebrew game console”
Ladyada writes on ladyada’s ranting: The UzeBox the coolest thing I’ve seen in a really really long time, a full tile-based gaming system built on a Atmega644 + AD725 (which does all the nasty colorburst stuff). Ive spent some time with the AD725 but at the time I was using an Atmega16 and didn’t get […]
HOW TO – Simple Back to School Bags
Little Birdie Secrets has instructions for making these simple cinch bags that are perfect for back to school. There is just enough time to whip some up before the new school year starts (I think!).
Learn to solder with Mitch Altman in Providence, RI
Mitch Altman is winding up his month-long artist-in-residency at AS220, and is giving one more workshop this week: a simple soldering project based on the MiniPOV kit, the Trippy RGB light: Anyone can make cool things with electronics! It’s easy! It’s fun! — No experience necessary! Mitch Altman (inventor of the TV-B-Gone and Brain Machine) […]