Lego Circuit Board
It’s the little details I really like, here; especially the “socket header” on the back edge made by installing a regular 1×8 black brick in an unusual studs-down position.
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Sequined Starburst Mirror
MeiJo’s Joy do a sparkly spin on the starburst mirror with this one made out of upcycled toilet paper rolls, a lid, and sequins.
Hackerspace Happenings for June 6, 2012
Are you a hackerspace member with an event you’d like to publicize? Send it to johnb@makezine.com or tweet me at @johnbaichtal and I’ll post it. Also feel free to subscribe to my hackerspaces Twitter list. Hackerspace Happenings runs weekly(ish). The Power Racing Series Needs Your Help! Hackerspace favorite Power Racing Series needs funding to continue […]
Brooklyn Distillery Packs DIY Distillation Equipment
The Industry City Distillery in Brooklyn, NY, distills its own sugar beet vodka using equipment they built in-house, with the help of The City Foundry, a “research and design group focused on improving small-scale manufacturing processes through the blending of science and art.” [thanks, Rich]
Tilt Out Window Garden
This drawbridge-style window garden, named Volet Végétal, comes to us from Paris-based design and architecture firm BarreauCharbonnet. They’ll be showing their prototype at le Jardin des Tuileries exhibition this summer.
Tool Review: Stainless Steel Bonsai Shears
Scissors or shears on this classic pattern are sometimes referred to as “butterfly scissors,” “butterfly shears,” or simply “Chinese scissors.” The finger rings are integral to the blades, and are formed by bending the steel stock back on itself in two simple, elegant loops which, taken together, suggest a heart, or a leaf, or a pair of wings
Makey Awards 2012 Nominee 01: Altoids Tin, Most Hackable Gadget
The suggestions for nominees in the 2012 MAKE Magazine Industry Maker Awards are staring to come in. We have some fine candidates so far. One surprise nominee that we received from several people was Altoids, for their mint tins which have become something of their own category of project box in hobby electronics. We giggled at the first suggestion and then took it more seriously when we got the second. Why not?