How-To: Scallop Skirt
Pair this cute scallop skirt with some tights and boots, and you’ve got the foundation for a perfect fall outfit. Check out the full tutorial from Jacinda of Prudent Baby to see how to make your own.
Month: October 2011
The Bureaucrat – A Hackerspace Passport Date-Stamping Machine
Adam “Phooky” Mayer of MakerBot Industries and NYC Resistor built this machine for stamping hackerspace passports. [Via Adafruit]
Boo! It’s Halloween Month!
Welcome, Crafters, to our spookiest month of the year, where fun, creepy, and tasty-treat crafts abound. Of course the October theme is Halloween, and do we have a lot in store for you! Easy Halloween Mummy You’ve probably already noticed our head start on Halloween posts, like the Easy Halloween Mummy and Candy Corn Cupcakes. […]
Corn Mazes Across The Country Celebrate NASA
The space geek, fan of Fall in me is pretty much giddy over the latest celebration of NASA’s rich history. In a special outreach titled Space Farm 7, seven of the nation’s top agritourism farms have been selected to celebrate and honor the U.S. space program in collaboration with NASA this fall. Each farm has […]
Replicating Picard’s Tea Cup
Adafruit writer and MAKE pal johngineer has prepared and published a 3D model of Captain Picard’s tea cup, based on images found at TREKPROPS.DE. I love the of using “Tea, Earl Grey, hot,” an image so often reached for to illustrate the idea of 3D-printing in general, as a benchmark for the state of the technology…
How-To: Compressed Air Rockets
In this how-to video, Lucas Weakley walks you through the process of making paper rockets for the compressed air rocket launcher found in MAKE Volume 15. Based on his experience from making his own rockets, he offers a lot of great tips and tricks. The Compressed Air Rockets Kit is available in the Maker Shed if you’d like to get started launching your own rockets.
The JelTone: An Edible Piano
John over at the MAKE blog posted this edible piano by NYC Resistor members Astrida Valigorsky, Ranjit Bhatnagar, Mimi Hui, and Catarina Mota. As part of our experiments we realized that jello and fruit, which contain a lot of water, are conductive. Embedded in each jello/fruit key is a sterling silver pin (food safe) connected […]