How-To: Halter Top from T-Shirt
If you’ve got a t-shirt that’s too big or ill-fitting, you can try turning it into a halter top using this tutorial by Instructables user pointcloud.
Month: June 2009
How-To: Collapsible table for picnics
Instructables user MarchW saw a smart design for a collapsible table and re-made it. The top slats are connected with nylon strapping, and when the bolts are removed, the cross-supports can be removed and the whole thing folds up to about the size and shape of a yoga mat. Perfect for picnics! More: How-To: Collapsible […]
SPARK Project #1, Post #3
I came across this very elegant residential energy efficiency dashboard from Agilewaves as I was thinking about user interfaces for my smart home project. I like the clean, intuitive design and the logical layout. Skilled interface designers were probably involved with creating this interface. I won’t pretend to be a skilled interface designer, and I […]
Getting the Perfect 1/4 Inch Seam
I’m all about efficient tips and this one by Rhonda at Joyce’s Daughter shows you how to stitch a perfect 1/4 inch seam with her 1/4 inch foot and seam guide.
Cardboard surfboards
Mike Sheldrake makes surfboards out of interlocked ribs of cardboard, coated in fiberglass sheet. He was at Maker Faire showing off some of his prototypes. I’m digging the natural materials as the core of the board, and the cool patterns in light that they create.
How-To: Single rotor wind turbine
Instructables user brokengun wrties: This instructable documents the process of my single rotor wind turbine. It is built with inspiration from Hugh Piggot and the folks at Otherpower.com. This is my first attempt at building a wind turbine, and I will try to include the mistakes I’ve made along the way so that other first-time […]
Parallel Port Programmer
This is a really inexpensive way to program your Arduino. In fact, it’s a really cheap way to program any ATmega8 chip. However, there are a few drawbacks. It only works with Windows, and you can’t communicate back to the host computer for serial communications. Despite some of the drawbacks, I still like this solution […]
