Month: March 2010

Vintage Easter Egg Decorating

Thing spring! It’s finally starting to warm up here in Detroit and thoughts of summer activities (cough, Maker Faire, cough) are quickly approaching. Did I mention there are rumors of an 80-degree Friday (!!!) and a lovely holiday weekend. Adios, snow. If you ask me, Easter is another good crafter holiday. Whether you make baskets […]

Three-component SmartLEDs

Three-component SmartLEDs

From the MAKE Flickr pool: The Smart LED connects a single LED to a microcontroller and power source, allowing it to do fun stuff like relate the ambient temperature via pulses of light. Jim Blackhurst’s remix dispenses with the resistors for an even smaller profile, connecting the LED directly to the coin battery and ATTiny25 […]