Month: November 2012

How-To: Shorten Metal Zippers

Don’t let the wrong zipper stop you from finishing a project, learn how to shorten metal zippers with this helpful tutorial!

Continue Reading November 5th, 2012April 20th, 2015 Haley Pierson-Cox2

How-To: Nutella Buttercream Frosting

Just another way to successfully combine nutella and cupcakes, presented by Kitchen Treaty.

Continue Reading November 5th, 2012 Andrew Salomone

Getting Started With .NET Gadgeteer Webcast From Author Simon Monk

If you like making things, then you will love .NET Gadgeteer. You can create many interesting projects by just plugging together components and writing a few lines of programming code. Check out this upcoming hands-on webcast presented by Simon Monk, author of Getting Started with .NET Gadgeteer: Thursday, November 8, 2012 (free registration).

Continue Reading November 5th, 2012 Brian Jepson

Skittles Sorting Machine

Do you like your rainbow of flavor to be sorted by discrete wavelength? If so, then you’ll appreciate Brian Egenriether’s Skittles Sorting Machine 2. Using an IR LED and phototransistor to determine the appropriate color, a BASIC Stamp 2 controls three servo motors to actuate a turnstile and chute selector to deliver the identified confection to a predetermined collection bowl.

Continue Reading November 5th, 2012 Adam Flaherty6