I love seeing photos of other people’s creative spaces, so I enjoyed this recent blog post by Claire from Needle Book. She reorganized her fabric by color, stashed zippers and bias tape in vintage tins, and rolled loose ribbon around cut-up pieces of a paper towel roll. (I especially love that last stroke of genius!) […]
Here’s a good one for those looking to learn more about microcontroller projects and PIC chips more specifically. This clone of the Tengu sound visualizer runs a mini-game upon startup – created as a birthday gift for the author’s sister. The project is thoroughly explained even through a language barrier: its usage is very easy. […]
From the MAKE mailroom: I am working on a project but I’m missing some critical know-how on building models and I was wondering if you would be so kind as to impart some skills. The project is a water fountain. So far, I’ve come up with a couple of ideas on how to construct it, […]
Jenny Hart from Sublime Stitching just tipped us off to PieceWork magazine’s “Excellence in Needle Arts Awards – Pincushions” contest. The Grand Prize winner gets $500 and their submission will be featured in a future issue of PieceWork magazine. First Place winners can win $200 in prizes from a variety of great sponsors like Sublime […]
Using an oscilloscope to track waveforms is always interesting – but the effects of sound vibration on real-world materials can be downright stunning. Try experimenting with different substances over a loud speaker, just don’t spill any milk in your speaker cone! Sound Waves on YouTube – Link Snowy Day @ MGFest 2008 [via]-Link Related: Ruben’s […]
Here’s a purse aching for a remake: the Doggie Bag. I just wouldn’t want my keys to get stuck in the foot! – [via] Link.
I’m not near a good connection to grab this, but once I am it’s impossible to resist…DIY information on building genetically engineered organisms in your own home, such as schematics for building your own oligonucleotide machine and DNA PCR techniques, cloning methods, etc. (torrented). Bryan writes – The open biohacking kit project contains information on […]
