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The Scarefactory has a ton of professional Halloween haunted house devices, gadgets and machines – I’m not in the market for anything like that, but some of the components look pretty handy (and the rest of the site is great for getting ideas for things if you’re building your own haunted house)…. [via] – Link […]
I love the site Monster Crochet and now Ladylinoleum needs your help! Her crochet pumpkins are set to make an appearance on DIY Network’s Uncommon Threads. She needs some inspiration on how to “improve these diamonds in the rough”. And for helping out our fellow crafter, Ladylinoleum will email you a copy of the not-yet-released […]
Here’s yet another way to play pong, using two flashlights and light sensors to control the paddles – neat… [via] – Link. Related PONG: More Pong projects @ MAKE (there are a lot) – Link. Homemade PONG watch! – Link. Pong hat – Link. Mindstorm Pong – Link. Electro-Mechanical Pong – Link. Plasma Pong – […]
We’ve posted a lot of 555 timer chip projects for blinking LEDs, but I really like this one, it’s like a LED player piano…Ten Men writes – “I scribbled the can with a rubber dremel wheel to remove the paint where I wanted the contacts to close the circuit, lighting the LED’s. The contacts are […]
Luckybeans has the most adorable refashioning tutorial on how to make a bunny hat from a t-shirt. I like the added touch of the polka dot ribbons that contrast the stripes. Looks like a super quick and easy project. Link.
Here’s a pretty funny DIY costume from the surreal comic The Flaming Carrot, RoG at i-Mockery writes… “The Flaming Carrot is probably my favorite comic book character ever (though “The Tick” definitely ranks right up there too). He’s just got a wonderful way with words and the comic books are just bizarre enough for me […]
This paper TV has way better shows than regular ole’ TV…. Stane writes – “Here’s my papercraft TV set with a film strip of selected frames from a movie. The strip is wrapped arround two pencils. As you turn the pencils film scrolls over the screen. I have done versions for three movies so far. […]
