Be Careful How You Upcycle
Creative reuse isn’t always good for the earth
Light Blue Bean Gets Android, Node-RED Capabilities
One of the features that really made the Light Blue Bean catch our attention was the promise that it could write, and then upload, code directly from your phone over Bluetooth LE. Support for the last major platform, Android, arrived today.
Not Your Grandma’s Decorative Plates
Give your decorative plates a little extra love with a gold leaf treatment!
Fun Fiber Optic Formalwear Illuminates the Dance Floor
If you’d like to make a fashion statement that’s out of this world, then you’d better keep your eye out for the fiber optic formal wear that will be on display at Maker Faire Bay Area this year. Jenn Mann did a fabulous job following Instructables user Natalina’s Fiber Optic Dress project, but created her […]
See Diet Coke & Mentos, a Two-Ton Hexapod, and More at Maker Faire UK
We’re now less than a week away from the premier maker event in the Britain, Maker Faire UK, which will be held at the Centre for Life in Newcastle-upon-Tyne this weekend. So roll up, roll up, for the biggest Maker Faire in Britain.
Blow the Shofar in Style with Beautifully Workshopped Filagree
The shofar is an ancient instrument made from a ram’s horn, used in Jewish religious ceremonies. The video below shows not so much the process of making the instrument itself, but the process of making the decorative metal covering that goes on the top. The results of this process, seen above, are quite impressive, and […]
Superfan Builds Life-Size Iron Man Hulkbuster Suit
U.K. cosplayer and master fabricator James Bruton has done some amazing projects on his XRobots website, but he is outdoing himself on his Hulkbuster suit in homage to the upcoming Avengers 2: Age of Ultron film. On James’ site and YouTube channel, he’s been painstakingly documenting every step of his design and build process. Watching […]