I appreciate pie in any form, even crochet. I think think this little crochet pumpkin pie brooch from Lion Brand Yarn would be a fun accessory to wear to Thanksgiving Dinner with friends and family. Get the pattern over on their web site. [via @coquette and @SisterDiane]
The Maker Shed’s new Mini Volt Meter is super handy for keeping your eye on voltages. It was originally intended for use in RC vehicles but works great with robots, breadboards, or other projects.
Nick Johnson’s barbot project has a lot of fun little details, like the laser cut pinch valves he uploaded to Thingiverse. Nick used an Android ADK board to talk to a tablet which provides the drink menu. I love how he solved the problem of dispensing liquids while keeping them food-safe. One problem with any […]
If you need a little taste of warmer weather to carry along with you this winter, Heidi from Speckless has just the thing. Head over to her site to get the complete pattern and instructions for making her darling crocheted pear pendant. The mini pear looks great as a necklace, but they might also make […]
I’m excited to be kicking off our Gift Guide Singularity series with a project I’ve wanted to do for years — build a motorized, microcontrolled Strandbeest walker. I plan to give it to a close friend who’s also a robot enthusiast. I’ll run through how I’m planning to approach the build and will follow up with some posts on my progress.
One of the best crafty ways to capture the delicate beauty of a snowflake is with quilling. The thin paper coils seem to be perfect for reflecting the intricate designs of snowflakes and offer great opportunity for variation in design. You can see how to make three different kids of quilled snowflakes (two pictured above) […]
The man behind the world’s largest Tesla coil (the 30,000-watt Electrum) is once again upping the ante on machine-generated lightning. Greg Leyh and his group Lightning On Demand (LOD) have launched a new a project, The Lightning Foundry, that will try to re-create super-long discharge effects normally found only in lightning.
