Julie, over at the Etsy Blog, posted this detailed tutorial for making Arrow Sandals from a modified pair of commercial sandals by maker Kaye. More: How-To: Mend Peeling Sandals How-To: Tire Sandals Retro-Style Running Shoes from Old Tires
Make: Live airs tonight! Ep14 is all about metalworking. Bring your burning questions about all things metal. Metalworker and Madagascar Institute director Hackett will join us for a welding lesson and to talk about his new TV show for the Science Channel, Stuck with Hackett, which premieres August 18th. And Becky will show you how […]
Sean @ MAKE posted this fantastic space shuttle cake, made by Craig T. Fifer of Alexandria, Virginia. The Orbiter is made from brownie covered in fondant; the orange External Tank is made from PVC pipe and holds ice cream; the white Solid Rocket Boosters are made from PVC pipe and hold chocolate syrup and caramel […]
Our own Mark Frauenfelder discovered the work of Boulder, Colorado interventions-in-nature artist Mike Grab in the best possible way: He happened upon one of Mike’s sculptures, in the wild, soon after its completion. Simply put, Mike Grab balances rocks, one on top of another, in flowing water, with no glue or other means of support apart from gravity itself.
NASA recently upgraded their Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) with Nexus S smartphones running Android. The upgrade add the intelligence and hardware needed for units to become remotely operated robots.
Are you a hackerspace member with an event you’d like to publicize? Send it to johnb@makezine.com or tweet me at @johnbaichtal and I’ll post it. Also feel free to subscribe to my hackerspaces Twitter list. Hackerspace Happenings run weekly(ish) Tuesdays, and the next one will come out August 13th. DIY Geiger-Mueller Counter Workshop at Tokyo […]
This picture of a frog catching fireflies is embellished with lights that bring the bugs to life. Conductive thread is the magic ingredient, bridging the gap between rigid metal and soft floss. To make a stitched scene light up, combine traditional embroidery techniques with a few common electronics components. The possibilities are endless, and the result is an artful conversation piece.
http://makeprojects.com/Project/Electronic-Embroidery/44/1
http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2010/09/how-to_led_embroidery.html
