Weekend Projects is back! This year we’ll be making more with LEDs (but of course!), lasers, and solar power; we’ll be building bots, rovers, and bending circuits, among other projects. And for our first build – Game Show Buttons – we’ll be using the versatile and legendary 555 timer.
“Aperture” is a large wall made of 130 hexagonal components, each of which contains a circular opening with a moveable iris. As the user covers and iris, it opens up, revealing the light on the other side of the wall. The work as a whole is reminiscent of Danny Rozin’s Wooden Mirror.
If you’d prefer not to have lots of plastic Easter eggs rolling around the house, check out You Are My Fave’s how-to on paper bag egg treat bags. Decorate them with your family’s favorite characters and designs, or let everyone get in on the action and contribute.
“This Instructable will walk you through the construction of a high-power (30kVA) heater, suitable for melting aluminum and steel. Note that to take full advantage of this design, you will need a 220V outlet, at least a 50A single-phase one and preferably a 50A or 60A 3-phase outlet.”
I’ve seen a million different tutorials for making fabric flowers, but these fabric peony flowers from Ez at Creature Comforts are really fantastic. Head over to her site to learn her trick for making those perfectly realistic petals! More: How-To: Fabric And Wire Flowers @Craftzine.com blog How-To: Fabric Daffodils @Craftzine.com blog Coffee Filter Roses @Craftzine.com […]
Larry Ogrodnek, creator of the LED NameTag kit, figured out a great way to use an RGB backlight LCD to display temperature data. His simple project lets you see rough temperature data from across a room.
International “design and innovation consultancy” IDEO threw a cool-sounding hackathon: Originally we thought of doing a hackathon. Then we decided to push the concept to its next iteration. How could we bring together multidisciplinary weekend project teams—not just software engineers and digital designers, but also industrial designers, architects, and problem solvers from different backgrounds? Could […]
