Adina Bogart O’Brien for the hackerspace in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, writes in: think|haus has finished moving in to our awesome new digs, and we’re inviting everyone over to check it out! There will be project show and tell, talks, and demos. See our laser cutter in action! You will even be able to build an […]
Calling all bakers and lovers of kitchen twine – check out The Twinery. This shop offers a variety of colorful kitchen twines to keep you busy. They’ve also got a blog with craft ideas as well as a Flickr group. Check out this creative way to store your kitchen twine.
Caleb Cahoon’s excellent tutorial shows how to add a SparkFun Bluetooth module to your CupCake’s motherboard. I’d love to see this implement in the next version of the MakerBot.
The field of panoramic photography needs some better terminology, IMHO: “360-degree panorama,” it seems to me, could just as easily apply to a circular panorama of, say, the horizon, as it could to a fully spherical panorama that also includes up, down, and every other direction in space you could possibly look from a particular point. Or maybe the term is already out there and I just couldn’t figure it out? If you’re in the know, please share below.
Jeff Schmidt wrote in to share his latest project, which is called the Plant Whisperer. Somewhat similar to (but a complete opposite) to our Robot Plant build, Jeff’s version turns a regular plant into a robotic one that can remind him to water it. I love the custom circuit board art and fun robot voices! […]
Turn your tiny fabric scraps into a scrap happy necklace!
By Jenny Hart Have you ever wondered what goes on at a craft trade show? Last weekend, I attended CHA’s 2011 annual winter show in Los Angeles. CHA stands for Craft and Hobby Association. This is an enormous industry event that is not open to the public, where manufacturers debut their new products to retailers, […]
