How-To: Mastering Zipper Techniques
Don’t fear the zipper! Head over to Craftsy to check out their free Mastering Zipper Techniques online sewing class.
Month: April 2013
DIY Surgery
File this one under DIY medical care. Whether you lack medical insurance, spend time out doors far from medical care, or don’t want to fork over cash for minor medical procedures, it makes sense to learn how to care for yourself and save a trip to the doctor. Over on the Resilient Communities website, a reader submitted a video of his DIY medical tip: using Super Glue to close a minor head wound instead of going to the ER for stitches. Warning: The video is a bit gory and MAKE doesn’t endorse such a procedure. But it does raise some interesting questions.
How-To: Plush Game Controller
The infamous Becky Stern has made another great tutorial video. This time she demonstrates how to make a totally functional plush game controller with Flora and conductive fabric!
How Good is the Security of the Industrial Internet?
We’re starting to hear a lot about the Internet of Things (IoT) and the Industrial Internet these days. But what a lot of people aren’t aware of is that SCADA systems have been around for a long time, and more and more of these are being connected directly to the Internet. If you didn’t already know, […]
How-To: R2-D2 TOMS Makeover
Give a plain pair of TOMS—or any pair of canvas slip on shoes—a seriously geeky makeover with this R2-D2 TOMS tutorial!
A Closer Look at Resistors
MAKE alumnus and supernerd Collin Cunningham rhapsodizes about everyone’s favorite current-fighting backbone of circuitry–the resistor–in this classic MAKE video. Collin talks about Ohm’s Law, resistor color codes, and using pencil graphite to make paper resistors.
How-To: LED Origami Lotus Flowers and Frogs
Give your paper crafts a fun electronic upgrade with this LED origami tutorial!