“Some guy who’s never met Mike” wrote in to tell us about Mike’s Flying Bike, a completely unconventional flight-sim interface created from a bicycle, a Sun SPOT sensor/microcontroller, and Google Earth. So, you pedal this stationary bike to pick up speed and take off. Then you manipulate various hand levers and the handlebars to affect […]
Chris writes – David Fowler at uCHobby has introduced his new-and-improved breadboard power supply, which is both an excellent introduction to soldering technique *and* a useful tool for further electronics work. Indeed it is a nice little board – with additional header pins to bring power out to both sides of the board and add […]
WhipUp recently posted about a cool British company called ClothKits, who sell sewing patterns that are directly silkscreened onto fabric. Just cut and sew your garment, easy peasy! They make clothing for women (the skirt pattern featuring illustrations by Rob Ryan is pictured above), kids, and even have a stuffed doll pattern to boot. Pic […]
The Science Museum of Minnesota’s Studio 3D has some great kid’s projects. I especially like the Marble Machine, which incorporates recycling and simple electronics and kinetics. Marble machine Related: The Way Things Go (one of our favorite DVDs!)
Alice from Futuregirl shares a quick tutorial for making this delicate lace bracelet with button closure.
Over at Telstar Logistics, MAKE contributor Todd Lappin has a write-up and some pictures of this past weekend’s 2008 Power Tool Drag Races. Power Tool Drag Racing 2008: The Photos! The Fashions! [via]
Core77’s Carl Alviani caught up with super-Maker-Faire-planner Sherry Huss and Make’s managing editor Shawn Connally for an interview video at Maker Faire. It’s nice to see two really special and crucial behind-the-scenes folks share their amazing ideas on camera.
