How to keep your inventions from blowing up
Prolific maker Stephen Hobley has an interesting idea for protecting your wall-powered projects from self-destructing: add a lightbulb in series with them.
Month: December 2010
Loveduino, a heart-shaped Arduino board
Over at Make: Japan, Takumi Funada posted this lovely Arduino-compatible Loveduino board.
Denyse Schmidt’s All The Trimmings Stocking Pattern
Making Christmas stockings for my family was one of the big reasons I initially wanted to learn how to sew so many years ago. I did, eventually, make stockings for each of us after my first sewing class, but then I realized that I just want to make new ones every year. Cute patterns like […]
Bicycle Drawing Machine
Matt @ Make: Online points us to this awesome exercycle-powered drawing machine by Joseph L. Griffiths. Nice!
How-To: Modern Paper Ornament
Jessica of How About Orange shares her take on the traditional Polish Porcupine Ball with this tutorial for a modern paper ornament. You could make them in all different kinds of colors or patterns of papers, and they make great decorations for a Christmas tree or just general decor.
How-To: Felt Pearl Necklace
Karla writes: This is a tutorial on how to create my pearl necklace piece from 2009. It is a simple project that can be done while watching tv or talking with friends. It is somewhat time consuming, each pearl taking between 5 and 10 minutes. Your hands will also become pruned from being wet for […]
In the Maker Shed: Pixel Qi displays
The Pixel Qi screen from the Maker Shed is a revolutionary LCD display technology for your netbook. This one-of-a-kind, plug-and-play 10.1-inch display offers two modes–an easy-to-read, real color, multimedia mode, or a crisp low power e-reader mode. The e-reader mode has 3 times the resolution of the fully saturated color mode, allowing for a high […]