Randy Jewart, Director of Austin Green Art, delivered the “Cedar Man” sculpture to Maker Faire this week. This man made from cedar required a large crane to move into place. The Cedar Man, who is wielding a hammer, will also be known as Maker Man for this weekend’s Maker Faire. The Maker Man is located […]
Fabric designer Tanya Whelan just put up this easy child’s ruffled skirt tutorial. The skirts in the picture above are made with Barefoot Roses and Amy Butler fabrics. [via] Link.
As Hacked Gadgets says, you probably won’t have time to create this amazing LED hat for this Halloween, but if you start soldering now, you might have it done for next Halloween, or if you hurry, next Mardi Gras. The results look worth the effort. LED Hat with pac-man, space invaders etc. – [via] Link
Interesting use of Silly String… – A New Jersey mom’s labor of love has overcome its last hurdle. Marcelle Shriver collected 80,000 cans of Silly String and had planned to send them all to Iraq, where troops use the substance to detect tripwires on deadly insurgent bombs. After an initial shipment made it to Baghdad […]
Hi from Austin! We’re looking forward to seeing you at Maker Faire this weekend. Here’s some exciting highlights of what’s happening. Swap-O-Rama-Rama Wendy Tremayne is back again with the amazing Swap-O-Rama-Rama. Bring in your old clothing to swap and turn them into something new and fashionable for you. The times are Saturday from 11-5pm and […]
Another Dr. Who reference, but this time I got my facts straight before I posted. Evil Mad Scientist has posted a how to for creating your very own robotic Dalek Halloween pumpkin. [via] Link.
Nice how-to on creating this huge Rubik’s Cube 15-inch Direct-Servo Subwoofer. For only $1586, you too can build one and then after you are done, try to figure out how to solve the puzzle. You might need King Kong’s help. Project Cube 2007 – Link,
