Maker faire – The University Star
Maker Faire Austin @ Texas State University-San Marcos’s student-run newspaper, The University Star. Here’s a PDF of the newspaper which will hit newsstands tomorrow – Link.
Month: October 2007
Non-lethal mousetraps show your fondness for rodents
Using everyday household objects like a clear drinking glass, metal springs, paper clips, and a metal nut, this “friendlier” mousetrap won’t kill off your rodent infestation, but instead will just provide an easy way for you to transport them outside. The designer’s intent is that you can re-use the objects after you catch the mouse. […]
Arduino Diecimila and BT reference designs
The open source hardware electronic platform Arduino Diecimila and BT reference designs now available – The reference designs (Eagle files) for the Arduino Diecimila and Arduino BT are now available under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license. This is effectively the “source-code” for the boards: both the schematics and PCB layouts in fully editable format. […]
Faire play
Maker Faire @ The Daily Texan – Part science fair and part carnival, there was something for everyone at Maker Faire, from learning lessons on how to carve a pumpkin to installing speakers into balloons. Maker Faire is sponsored by MAKE magazine, a project-based publication focused on do-it-yourself and how-to projects. Inventors and enthusiasts from […]
iPhone OpenStreetMap
If you have a jailbreak’d iPhone, you can update the Maps.app database with tiles from OpenStreetMap. Mikel Maron figured out how to update the Maps sqlite DB and was able to import the street tiles for London. My first idea was to modify the configuration or constant that the Maps App used for constructing Google […]
DIY Optimus Prime Costume, diy
Not just a single page telling you how to build your own Optimus Prime costume but a whole blog! DIY Optimus Prime Costume – Link. Thanks mmat. DIY HALLOWEEN CONSTEST from MAKE, CRAFT, INSTRUCTABLES and POPULAR SCIENCE! Makers and Crafters, it’s time to enter our 2nd annual ghoulishly fun Halloween contests! Anyone, anywhere, can enter […]
Crochet Me Design Process
I love the process of design and Robyn of Crochet by Faye shows you the behind the scenes of how she came up with her designs featured in the new Crochet Me book. Link.