Ever wanted to brew your own beer? Have you tried and failed miserably? The Maker Shed’s new Brooklyn Brew Shop Beer Making Kits will have you brewing like a pro in no time. With this kit you will learn the true steps of brewing by making a grain mash, sparging, hopping, yeasting, fermenting, bottling, and then drinking your delicious homebrew.
A Halloween buffet really isn’t complete until it includes brains. The great thing about these brains-in-a-jar treats from Amy of Living Locurto is that they are portable and can be taken home as a party favor for guests. [via The Twinery on Pinterest] Related: How-To: Bloody Brain Cupcakes Brain Cupcakes Cocktail: Bloody Brain Shooter HOW […]
OSHW ninjas Seeed Studio attended China’s first Open Hardware conference on October 15th. What we call Open Source Week is the grouping together of several open source events and meetings in the same week in order to achieve maximum efficiency and benefits for the attendees. The ambition of the Open Source Week is to extend […]
Cathrine Martin created a limited edition of beaded skulls, called Our Exquisite Corpse, with the Huichol people of Western Mexico. The Huichol people believe in the power of the Sun God, ancestor spirits and the four principle deities – Deer, Corn, Peyote and the Eagle…This Huichol skull is hand beaded on a layer of wax, […]
German inventor Julius von Bismarck refers to his potentially very disruptive brainchild as an “image fulgarator.” The verb, “fulgurate,” means, “to flash or dart like lightening.” According to Herr von Bismarck, himself, it works like this…
A light up steampunk ray gun is a great accessory for Halloween, or … say … a Wednesday. I wouldn’t need a holiday excuse to carry this rad ray gun from Jen of Epbot. See how hers came together over on her blog, and get lots of great tips for collecting brass bits at thrift […]
Check out Flickr user Rumtopf’s fancy take on the reverse geocache box. For those who don’t know, a reverse geocache is a box that unlocks itself when the GPS sensor inside senses that it’s in a specific spot on the globe. Rumtopf used a snazzy doorbell button to wake an Arduino, which checks the GPS and displays the distance from that spot on an LCD. He also used a magnetic child safety lock as a backdoor to access the inside of the briefcase in case of malfunction.
