How-To: Top Knot Baby Hats
You can make some serious cute happen with these adorable top knot baby hats from Prudent Baby. See how to make a twin knot or singular knot hat with scraps of material and a few runs through the sewing machine.
Month: February 2011
Happy Valentine’s Day from Tellart’s Love Song Machine
The bells are played by a series of solenoids, which are controlled by an Arduino micro-controller. The notes that you submit are processed on our web servers and then sent to the Arduino, while we load up live video and audio so that you can watch your song play. If there are users ahead of you in line, the queuing system will let you know how long you’ve got before you can watch your song.
Free Downloadable Resistor Value Computer
OK, so, it’s not really that hard to learn to read a resistor without a special tool, but ever since I saw the free downloadable nuclear bomb effects computer I have had a soft spot for these circular slide rules. And this one from Rob Ives might make a cool gift for a young maker to get him or her painlessly over the hump. [Thanks, Rob!]
Giant Knitted Squid
John Baichtal spotted Plarchie, the giant knitted squid, over at Whodunnknit. He’s made from plastic bags!
In the Maker Shed: Pixel Qi Display
The Pixel Qi screen from the Maker Shed is a revolutionary plug-and-play LCD display technology for your netbook. This one-of-a-kind 10.1-inch display offers two modes, an easy-to-read multimedia color mode, or a crisp low power e-reader mode.
How-To: Shadow Box From Candy Box
If you receive a heart-shaped box of candies this Valentine’s Day, don’t toss it out once it’s empty! Instead, check out this simple tutorial from Katie at Ohdeedoh for turning it in to a little shadow box.
Next Open MAKE, Feb 19th at the Exploratorium
This month’s Open MAKE/Young Makers program is Saturday, Feb 19th at the Exploratorium in San Francisco. The theme is cardboard.