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The CrumleyFamily posted some build photos of their homemade wooden coaster bike in the MAKE Flickr photo pool they made (picture here, start and finish) – “About a year ago, Alli’s Mom pointed out a wooden coaster bike that would be a cool toy for Fuller someday. I had seen pictures of them before and […]
Silas shows you how to add LEDs that light up when the buttons are pressed on a NES controller, nice update to a retro pad – “So I’ve noticed that there’s “a lot” of people, talking about how they would add LED’s to their NES pads, that lights when a button is pressed. Sadly noone […]
I’ve posted a few tutorials on how to felt an old sweater into a bag, but Alicia of Posie gets Cozy has made some really cute ones recently complete with fun buttons, pocket stitchery, and quilted linings. Link. More: Recycled sweater bags in 30 min – Link. Make a sweater arm scarf – Link.
Those mulit-colored squares aren’t just for quick notes anymore as you can see at the Post-Deux show that started this past weekend and will run through Sept 13th at Giant Robot (2062 Sawtelle Blvd, Los Angeles). Pictured left is a photo of the event and right is a Post-It piece by Susie Ghahremani of boygirlparty. […]
EiED’s William Wong has an extremely thorough article on building a multimedia home control set up, he writes – “Home multimedia centers are popping up at stores but most are relatively closed boxes or are full blown PCs. Of course, engineers like myself love to get under the hood so this project is about building […]
If there are any Makers in the South Bank in London, you might want to check out this sound installation – ” PLAY.orchestra will be based outside the Royal Festival Hall for 7 weeks this summer starting this weekend! 56 plastic cubes and 3 Hotspots are laid out on a full size orchestra stage, each […]
MAKE Editor-in-Chief Mark Frauenfelder went to Fallen Fruit’s Public Jam on Sunday in LA for the communal jam-making session. Participants brought their own home-grown or public fruit to contribute to the communal jam. See Mark’s flickr photos of the event. Link. More: Jam recipies – Link.
