Making Fun: Mission Control Desk
I built my son a Mission Control console that closes up and works as a regular homework desk. It plays space-related sounds and has many lights, knobs and switches.
Month: February 2014
Designing a Vinyl Toy with Joe Ledbetter
How to make a vinyl toy, from start to finish.
How-To: Mushroom Ottoman
Make your own fun, whimsical mushroom ottoman with thrifted sweaters and an oversized log!
Valentine’s Day Subway Car Yarn Bombing
Crochet artist London Kaye decided to yarn bomb an entire New York City subway car as her own personal DIY valentine to everyone this year.
To Understand the Internet of Things, Think Chocolate
We focused on the common sensors most people wanted and created one solid “chocolate bar” — breakable, detachable, modular, wireless, cloud-enabled, with SDKs, tutorials, demo apps, etc.
Tessellated Escher Cookies
Using a set of homemade aluminum foil cookie cutters, Flickr user fdecomite recreated a tessellated M.C. Escher print of birds and fish from cookies, which would also fit together perfectly in my tummy.
DohVinci: First Step Toward a Play-Doh 3D Printer?
Looking like a hand-held glue gun, the DohVinci appeared a few days after Hasbro announced a collaboration with 3D Systems. Can a Play-Doh 3D Printer be far behind?