I spotted this leather chain necklace tutorial on Cucumbersome and always thought it looked lovely, even though I’m not big into leather. Well, the other day when my bike tube went flat and I had to change it out, I became inspired to try this necklace (or belt, or headband) in rubber. I think it […]
Brittni of Paper n Stitch shares her technique for transforming a drab clutch into a vintage-inspired beauty with a handful of very simple craft supplies.
A steampunk style lighter in the form of a retro raygun. Thanks go to Molly Friedrich for the original article in MAKE Volume 17. To download The “Discreet Companion” Ladies’ Raygun video click here and subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete “Discreet Companion” Ladies’ Raygun article in MAKE Volume 17 and you can see […]
A steampunk style lighter in the form of a retro raygun. Thanks go to Molly Friedrich for the original article in MAKE Volume 17. View the PDF of this project. And then subscribe to MAKE magazine for other great projects you can do over the weekend.
One problem with the cocktail robot genre is — at least until recently — everyone’s trying to make money off these devices so no one is willing to go open source. Well, trust our friends the Evil Mad Scientists (Lenore and Windell) to do it right. Their beautiful Drink Making Unit pumps liquids from three […]
Thus was born the idea of the scratch guitar controllers.
I experimented with a bunch of materials trying to find a resistor with the properties I needed, including VHS tape, tin foil, nichrome wire and conductive thread, to name a
few, before I stumbled on conductive foam. The foam is normally used to ship delicate electronics & ICs because it prevents the buildup of static electricity. It costs just a few dollars per sheet. I used the 1/4″ thick variety and paid about $7 for enough to make more than a dozen guitars. Other materials include scrap MDF, old futon slats, empty plastic film canisters (free from any place that still develops film), metallic tape (from any hardware store) & speaker wire.
Nokia put on a project showcase for the finalists in their (mainly) European N900-hacking contest. The projects are pretty interesting and range from remotely viewable kite aerial photography to GPS-aided haptic navigation. Oh, and it looks like it was a good party, too.
