Glitzy Drink Stirrers
Did you make anything fun for your New Year’s Eve cocktails?
Month: January 2013
Houston Mini Maker Faire: Custom Minifigs, Singing Sashimi, and More
The first ever Houston Mini Maker Faire is coming right up on Saturday, January 19th, at the Stafford Centre, and it’s shaping up to be a fun show. Over on their site, they have maker profiles of several of the makers who will be there sharing what they make, including Jared Burks, internationally recognized maker […]
Smokin’ MonoBox Mod
Weekend Projects maker Tim writes in with his version of the MonoBox Powered Speaker, modded into a Liga Privada No. 9 cigar box.
DiResta: Tool Bag
On this episode of DiResta, Jimmy sews himself up a classic canvas and leather tool bag and extolls the virtues of sewing for makers.
Announcing the Arno Kit, an Arduino-compatible “Beginner Kit on a Board”
Kevin and Peter Gould from Olympia Circuits started selling their own Arduino-compatible LeOlympia development boards at the various Maker Faires. In the course of demoing and talking to people they recognized the need for something even simpler to get people into the world of programming microcontrollers. The result is the Arno Kit and Book: The […]
Star Wars Barrel Organ Made of 20,000 Lego Bricks
Not sure how we missed this gem of a creation from 2012, but behold the Star Wars barrel organ, built by a team in Germany including Lego Certified Professional Rene Hoffmeister, in honor of the release of Star Wars Episode I in 3D. From team member Lorenz Lnggrtnr: We took the iconic Star Wars Main […]
Hand-Cast Urethane Flower Mosaic
Artist Kevin Champeny created the mosaic depicting a realistic image of a skull, called What Remains, from tiny urethan flowers that he cast by hand.