Recycled Teacup Birdfeeder
I like these clever recycled teacup birdfeeders from Etsy seller OhThePollybilities–they can be filled with birdseed or water and used outdoors, or used inside to organize your goodies.
Month: September 2008
Buggy – programmable LED critters for kids
While doing work on the forthcoming The Best of Instructables collection, I ran across this project for building little LED blinky bugs using an AVR Attiny44v. It looks like a great electronics and crafts project for kids and it’s a well-done Instructable. I was certain we’d covered it here on MAKE, but I couldn’t scare […]
Blacksmithing a leaf
Here’s an enjoyable vid of a blacksmith forging a leaf keychain. Edited down from a 2-hour process, this under 6min clip still manages to give me that pleasant feeling of ‘maker zen’ upon viewing. [Thanks, Zach!] I can’t help but be a bit reminded of the mother of all maker zen clips, Claude Paillard’s very […]
Esquire E-Ink cover hacking? – take apart photos and more…
I picked up the Esquire E-ink’ed cover today and took a bunch of high res photos, you can find them here… a couple of the the low res ones are above. For the makers out there: It has a programming header, 5-pin ISP. It has a Microchip PIC 12f629 which is flash programmable, 8 pin. […]
ManufRactured Exhibit at Portland Museum of Contemporary Craft
Core77 has a photo gallery up of the new exhibit up at the Portland Museum of Contemporary Craft – ManufRactured. If you’re in the area, check it out on NW 8th and Davis, but the rest of us will just have to enjoy it online! It features works created from re-purposed manufactured goods and will […]
American Maker Update
This week, we’re finalizing our list of makers to appear in the American Maker program at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago on September 20th. Already, we have makers who will be showing a homebuilt submarine and a four-person bicycle, plus music and robotic projects. In addition, we’ll be featuring a performance of […]
GO-Tech, Ann Arbor meeting 9/8/08
Dale writes – The September GO-Tech meeting (Ann Arbor, MI) is Tuesday, September 9, 8 pm, at Great Oak Cohousing (directions below). The topic is Printed Circuit Boards. We’ll have presentations on going from a napkin sketch to ready-to-solder circuit board, and hopefully even see one made. Most meetings are less formal, where anyone is […]