How-To: Halloween Pom Poms
Dip into your yarn stash for some impressive and relatively quick results from this adorable Halloween Pom Poms tutorial by Mr. Printables.
Month: October 2013
DIY El Wire Fairy Wings
Create illuminated fairy wings with this magical tutorial from Threadbanger!
Recapping a Big Weekend for Bay Area Mini Maker Faires
The Bay Area Maker Faire season ended on a high note this weekend with fairs in Santa Rosa and Oakland. The kid-centric fairs were packed and drew makers from across the Bay Area and beyond. Here’s a look at what went down in photos.
The Art of Engineering Costumes with Nicole Magne
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada-based artist Nicole Magne makes some of our favorite Halloween costumes on the web. Her fun, innovative designs are a perfect blend of art and engineering, and she revels in a good challenge.
Creating a Knitting Needle Hypercube Shadow
There has been lots of making going on at MoMath lately, which we’ll take a look at over the next few posts. Recently, one of our Math Encounters speakers needed a projection of a hypercube into three dimensions as part of a demonstration. So we used Great Stella 4D to make a nice projection in general position, in which no two vertices coincide in three dimensions, and then used the measuring tool in the program to get the edge lengths.
How-To: Eye-Shaped Elbow Patch
This fall, make an eye-catching fashion statement (sorry, I couldn’t help myself) with this fun eye-shaped elbow patch tutorial!
Shapeoko 2 Milling Machine Launches Today
Shapeoko promised a $300 desktop CNC mill, and the first version delivered. The Shapeoko 2 goes on pre-sale today.