U-G-L-Y Your Bike
To deter thieves, camouflage your bicycle as a piece of crap while keeping it a first-class ride.
Month: April 2013
Crocheted Hanging Air Plant Bowls
Since crochet yields a sturdy, solid stitch, it’s the perfect yarn craft for home decor. Example: these fun and colorful crocheted hanging air plant bowls!
Component of the Month: Resistors
Each month this year, we’re exploring a different electronic component, delving into what it is, how it works, and how you use it in projects. Last month we looked at batteries. This month, we’ll tackle the resistor, the job of which is to limit the flow of electricity and thereby control it, guiding it toward […]
How-To: Gold Leaf Flecked Acrylic Bangle
Add some sparkle to your Monday morning with a pretty DIY gold leaf flecked acrylic bangle!
PBR Pillow
Ravelry user Firefoxkatan created this amazing PBR pillow for her beer-loving boyfriend.
Sir Mix-a-Bot, the Robot Bartender
We’ve seen a lot of drinkbots here on MAKE in nearly every configuration. However, I don’t think I’ve ever seen one as polished and elegant as Dave Zucker’s project, called Sir Mix-a-Bot. It’s a PUMA arm, the sort used for manufacturing, mounted on an elegantly veneered table with liquor and mixer bottles arranged around it. The person wanting a drink selects one of ten cocktails on a touch screen and places his or her glass on the brass disk on the table, and the robot makes the drink.
3D Printed Electromechanical Computer
NYC Resistor’s Chris Fenton (who built this tenth-scale Cray-1) is building an electromechanical computer using 3D-printed parts (it doesn’t work yet) and this punchcard reader (which does) will be part of it. Way cool!