Going from Schematic to Breadboard
A step-by-step explanation of how to read a schematic and build a breadboard prototype from it.
Month: April 2012
How-To: Make an Interactive Exhibit for Maker Faire
Designing a booth for Maker Faire may seem like an intimidating project. Festivals like these attract a broad demographic, a lot of questions, and all sorts of people with different interests and objectives. Combine it with the fact that visitors hardly ever linger at an exhibit longer than eight minutes, and it may feel downright impossible.
Analog Hard Disk Synth
Gijs Gieskes wrote in to share a cool project he completed: a synthesizer made from a hard disk.
On The Road to Maker Faire Challenge, Quite Literally
The Vardo is a tiny tow-hitched house by maker Paleotool. Complete with bed, kitchen, and library, this trailer is quite literally on the Road to Maker Faire Challenge!
Washi Tape Hand Carved Stamps
I love it when I see crafters sharing examples of an inspired idea coming to life. Memi the Rainbow shows off how she was inspired to make washi tape stamps carved by hand. What a great idea! See all of her of creations in her Etsy shop. Via Emily Schildhouse More How-To: Washi Tape Paper […]
Star Wars R2D2 Skirt
Leggy Star Wars fans unite! this adorable R2D2 skirt was handmade by Etsy artist Go Chase Rabbits.
NEWS FROM THE FUTURE – Self-Sculpting Sand
“Imagine that you have a big box of sand in which you bury a tiny model of a footstool. A few seconds later, you reach into the box and pull out a full-size footstool: The sand has assembled itself into a large-scale replica of the model. That may sound like a scene from a Harry Potter novel, but it’s the vision animating a research project at the Distributed Robotics Laboratory (DRL) at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.”