HOW TO – Knit a 4th of July Cap
Petula points us to wards Mary Jane, Midge & Mink’s pattern for making this knitted 4th of July cap–it reminds me of Captain America’s shield!
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Throw a “kabob pit” party
Here’s an idea I got from Alton Brown on Good Eats that I sketched up in my Maker’s Notebook. It’s for throwing a self-serve shish kabob party using a temporary fire pit made from bricks, sand, and charcoal. You make the width of the pit so that your skewers fit over it and the handles […]
Quadcopters video
Via DIY Drones comes this video of the Stanford STARMAC (Stanford Testbed of Autonomous Rotorcraft for Multi-Agent) quadcopters: STARMAC, the Stanford Testbed of Autonomous Rotorcraft for Multi-Agent is a testbed of 6 quadrotor helicopter unmanned aerial vehicles that fly indoors and outdoors to experiment with autonomous agent algorithms. This video presents an overview of the […]
Utz Bag Pocket
From the CRAFT Flickr Pool: user joonbeam (Arlington, MA) made this upcycled pocket from an Utz bag with the iconic snacking little girl.
NES-in-a- cartridge
Hack a Day points out this sweet portable NES project using a cartridge as enclosure – (I’m guessing it wasn’t a classic title) more pics on the Ben Heck forums – My first but awesome NESp
An Afternoon at Maker Faire – Dallas/Ft. Worth Area, July 19th
Calling All Dallas/Ft. Worth Area Makers – Join Us for “An Afternoon at Maker Faire” on July 19th. Make Magazine, Craft Magazine and the Maker Faire team will be coming to Dallas to host an “Afternoon At Maker Faire” at The Museum of Nature and Science on Saturday, July 19th (from 9am – 5pm). We […]
Stair climbing challenge at RoboGames 2008
Climbing stairs. Not as easy as it looks. I know this from personal experience. I like how the winning approach is to favor one leg. That’s how I did it, before my hip replacement. I did NOT however slide down stairs sideways! RoboGames 2008: Stair Climbing Challenge