These hand-painted pixel art ties from Maya Pixelskaya would be a great addition to any geek’s wardrobe. I’m a big fan of ties, they are like hanging paintings. Their shape is challenging and you can create cool effects. Way better than T-Shirts! [via Sprite Stitch] More: CyberOptix Tie Lab Ties @Craftzine.com blog How-To: Knit Father […]
MAKE blog fixture Michal Zalewski is working on an omnibot that uses a single motor to control the angles of four wheels, allowing it to make sharp turns without the necessity of using mechanum gears. Of course, this being Michal, his whole project is gorgeously CNCed and cast from resin. The goal of this project […]
A husband and wife team called Oeuf came up with the cleverly simple design for these knitted stuffed pigeons. It’s pretty amazing how they managed to capture that vacant stare with yarn. [via designsponge]
Some nice weekend coverage for our kissing cousins over at Adafruit, who are banking hard on the future of DIY wearable electronics with their new FLORA wearable Arduino-compatible microcontroller.
If you’d like to take a crack at anodizing your titanium camping gear, try submerging it in Coca-Cola and running 20v-100v through across it. This can be achieved using 9v batteries and a little patience. Depending on the voltage applied, you can transition between Bronze, Blue, Light blue, Yellowish, Purple, Cyan, and Green. [via hackaday]
Sean @ MAKE points us to this super rad Death Star cake tutorial from Australian cakesmith Bernice Camlin, aka Smurfesque. Though there’s lots of inspirational cakeblogging out there, detailed tutorials are comparatively rare. And this is a pretty good one. More: Death Star Watermelon @Craftzine.com blog Pattern: Knit Your Own Death Star @Craftzine.com blog Death […]
The amount of great photography in the MAKE Flickr pool keeps increasing, and our old seven-picture vertical format is feeling the strain. So this week, we’re trying something new! Click the link below to check out our new gallery-style format. And please let us know what you think. [MAKE Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup – February […]
