HOW TO – Knit “Embossed” Wash Cloths
Katherine of Own Two Hands has knitting patterns to knit “embossed” wash cloths and shows you how to knit your own designs, as well as includes three free pre-made designs to try out.
Month: July 2008
3D Studio Max motion capture with a Wii Nunchuck
By passing Nunchuck data to a PC via an Arduino, Melka figured out a way to convert the accelerometer output into a MIDI stream that can be read directly by 3D Studio Max’s motion capture engine: Here’s my setup under windows : Arduino using a WiiChuck adapter from todbot (thanks kurt ^^) and the WiiChuck […]
Two Easy Desserts – Banana Lasagna and Munkie Bunnies Recipes
Happy Zombie’s got two super easy dessert recipes, banana lasagna and munkie bunnies in a printable recipe card format. She writes: Combing through mountains of sticky bun, monkey bread and cinnamon roll recipes, and because I am extremely lazy (especially when it comes to cooking and baking), I came up with Munkie Bunnies. An all […]
Design a lifeform contest
Looking for some motivation to finish that bioluminescent fungus project? Well look no further – io9 wants to encourage mad scientists in every field, but especially in the area of synthetic biology. That’s because synthetic biologists are the people who are going to build new life forms, like ligers and unicorns and people with claws […]
New in the Maker Shed – Plug-in Bread-Board Power Supply
Bring power to your prototypes with this convenient new kit – This power supply module plugs straight into common bread boards, allowing you to cleanly and easily power your board with a wall wart plug or with wires into screw terminals. It features a variable voltage regulator that can be set to output 3.3 or […]
Steam car project update
Jake von Slatt has published a progress report on this project to turn an old 1929 Mercedes replica kit car (which is basically a 72 VW Beetle underneath) into a Von Slatt-fied steam-powered showpiece. Steampunk Car Update – Catalytic Converter on an Aircooled VW Motor
Ebola Virus Rubber Stamp
Geek Crafts points us towards Flickr user Ashe-Villian’s clever hand-carved rubber stamp made in the shape of the ebola virus. I love their idea of making get-well cards with it. Who knew ebola could be so modern-looking and pretty?