How-To: LED Twinkle Hair Bow
Attention tech gals: Show off your circuit sewing prowess with an LED twinkle hair bow!
Month: March 2013
Top 3D Services: Part 2
Last week I introduced slicing and CAD software, two key ingredients in a custom 3D Print. This week I’m going to cover the actual use of your machine, how to view and find 3D models, and venture into the still-budding world of DIY 3D scanning. Just like last time, all services listed are free (at least to a certain extent).
Turnin’ Vermin into Learnin’
Here’s a fun new take on 3D visualization and design: Make Your Own Gopher! Months ago, my colleagues and I were brainstorming the curricular connections we could make between making and high school coursework. Anatomy could be a rich area of overlap: students could laser cut slices of skulls and print mini skeleton models to have the kids explore skeletal structures, for example.
Dan Sudran, the executive director of Mission Science Workshop, was way ahead of us.
4th Annual Maker Faire UK
We’re about six weeks out from the 4th annual Maker Faire UK, the largest gathering of makers in Europe, taking place on April 27 and 28 at the Centre for Life in Newcastle. In 2009, O’Reilly Media and Newcastle ScienceFest brought Maker Faire to the UK, and there were Faires in 2010 and 2011. The […]
Permission to Play
A roundup of delightful toys and games.
DIY Apple Bookends
Apples are good for your health and good for your bookcase!
It’s a Trap! A Mousetrap.
Over on The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the Twenty-First Century, you’ll find this awesome mousetrap with a painted portrait of Admiral Ackbar from Star Wars, with the apt blog title “Admiral Obvious.” His oft-quoted line is implied here: “It’s a trap!”