How-To: Update a Vintage Button-Down Shirt
Turn a tired thrifted shirt into stylish new top with this vintage button-down shirt restyling tutorial!
Month: January 2013
Raspberry Pi Wardriving Rig
Dave Bryan, who is a security penetration tester (and president of the Hack Factory), bought a Raspberry Pi a few weeks back and decided to use it to wardrive around Minneapolis. He took a RasPi Model B and added a 32-gig SD card, a ReaTek wifi adapter, a mag mount wifi antenna, a GPS receiver, […]
MAKE at CES 2013: Lego Previews Mindstorms EV3
Yesterday I finally had the chance to check out Lego’s booth in the Kids@Play section of CES. They’re previewing the newest version of their robotics platform, Mindstorms EV3, for show attendees. After I finally managed to elbow my way to the front of their packed booth, I was able to get the details on their […]
Knitted Security Camera
It comes as no surprise that this knitted security camera by comes from the wild country of Ireland’s County Roscommon, where I assume it does a pretty effective job keeping the natives in line.
Book Review: Tiny Homes
Lloyd Kahn’s gorgeous new book, Tiny Homes, is filled with inventive and unique tiny-house inspiration.
Making as Learning
If you didn’t catch today’s live hangout on air with Dale Dougherty and AnnMarie Thomas you missed a good one. The conversation was about “making as learning” and how educators, parents, and communities can cultivate making and the educational opportunities it offers for young makers. Dale and AnnMarie (executive director of the Maker Education Initiative) […]
Extraterrestrial Embroidery
Extraterrestrial embroidery: this cross-stitched map of Mars reminds me of Craft alum Rachel Hobson’s embroidered moon piece.