How-To: Water Balloon Luminarias
The technique for making these water balloon luminarias from Wendy of Wisdom of the Moon sounds really cool, and the effect is certainly beautiful. Check out her tips for keeping them lit without melting them.
Month: December 2010
Felt Magnetic Katamari Playset
Before receiving Moxie’s book, I Felt Awesome, I had never seen her magnetic Katamari Damacy playset! The prince’s ball has magnets in each white nub for attracting small toys fitted with paper clips or jump rings. The video demonstration features the a cappella vocal stylings of Mr. Paul Palinkas, whose rendition of the Katamari theme […]
Giant RepRap-based 3D printer
MAKE subscriber Jim Smith of New York built this beautiful 3D printer. There are so many great details, ranging from the 3D-printed parts used for the fume extraction system, the PID temperature controller for the heated build platform, and the sexy 80/20 frame. Love it!
How-To: Clara And Nutcracker Dolls
Hillary Lang of Wee Wonderfuls created these amazing Clara and Nutcracker dolls and shares how to make your own over on her blog. Her process for creating Clara’s ringlets is fantastic.
Netduino-powered Tron: Legacy Identity Disc mod
David Powell, Jeremy Ashinghurst, Paul King, and Jason McMahon from the Harford Hackerspace in Baltimore have rebuilt/repowered a Tron Legacy Identity Disc using a Netduino (adding lots of extra LEDs in the process). They’ve posted a complete project writeup at Coding4Fun
Free print-and-fold papercraft Tron “bit” models
Models by Tektonten Papercraft.
OpenKinect-powered virtual floor piano
Or desk piano, for that matter. No actual keyboard required. Gotta say, choosing Thelonious Monk or whomever that is riffing away on the soundtrack is a bit disingenuous, as the virtual keyboards shown in the infrared footage don’t even have semitone keys. According to YouTuber petermmoz’s first comment, however, the software does actually include the “black” keys; they’ve just turned them off to make it easier for beginners to play. [via Boing Boing]