Math Monday: Hula Hoop Geometry
Playing around with mathematics using the ubiquitous hula hoop.
Month: June 2012
Flashback: One-Hour Elastic Thread Dress
Make a cute, breezy shirred dress in one hour. Perfect for summer!
New Project Site for Young Makers
With a URL to die for, the recently-launched diy.org attracted some 3,000 kids in its first week and a half online, including youngsters from Asia, Europe, and South America. Using their parent’s email address to register, any kid can upload digital photos of their handiwork to the site and share the URL of their page with whomever they like.
Your Comments
And we’re back with our twenty-ninth installment of Your Comments. Here are our favorites from the past week, from Makezine, our Facebook page, and Twitter.
French Knot Blouse
I absolutely adore this french knot blouse from Jessica at Running With Scissors. It’s simple, classic, and beautiful, and shows off handmade skills with a subtle elegance that’s perfect for both running errands and going out for a nice dinner. Head on over to her site to check out more photos and see how she […]
The Create USB Interface and GROVE Sensor Platform
Here’s another interesting physical computing platform; the PIC-based Create USB Interface. The original design was made by Dan Overholt as a bridge between computer and world for musical and artistic applications. Seeed Studio has an updated design called the CUI32Stem, which has been tweaked to work well with the thirty-something sensors and actuators in their […]
Ann Carrington’s Royal Jubilee Banner
I’m a bit of a closet Anglophile, so I’ve been enjoying the coverage of Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee, the celebration of the 60th anniversary of her coronation. (She’s only the second monarch besides Victoria to make it so long!) My favorite piece of the festivities is definitely this stunning Royal Jubilee Banner made by artist […]