The MakeShift results (MAKE 10) are now posted, just to recap here was the challenge! The Scenario: Thinking you could use a new hobby to get you off the couch, your significant other gifts you with a metal detector for Christmas. After digging up loose change in your backyard and at the beach for a […]
Here’s a fun kit, it’s a fully functional alarm clock and stopwatch… Link.
Hellen sent in these great costume pics for the MAKE Halloween contest, she writes – “We held a last minute sewing circle to bust these Sushi Costumes out. My friends and I decided to be the mascots from Sushi Express…a popular revolving fast food sushi restaurant in Taipei. www.sushi-express.com.tw As usual, nerdy hilarity ensues….” – […]
Lance writes – “As of Halloween 2004, I’d been working at Nanogen for 6 & 1/2 years. During that time, I’d been collecting the name plates of people who had left the company for one reason or another just in case I could find some practical use for them. Well, my inspiration came that year […]
Windell writes – “Here’s my favorite design for a jack-o-lantern; it’s a (tiny) mini-pumpkin carved with the circuit diagram symbol for a light-emitting diode. Naturally, it’s lit by an LED. This LED circuit inside this one is a TireFly, which is a type of blinky light designed to mount on the tires of a bicycle. […]
MAKE & CRAFT contest entry from Stramark, Zoidberg! Dog not amused… – Link. Related: MAKE Halloween projects – Link. MAKE Halloween archives – Link. Enter the MAKE & CRAFT Contests! Makers and Crafters, it’s time to enter our ghoulishly fun Halloween contests! Anyone, anywhere can enter, and depending on what type of maker or crafter […]
Trash never looks so crafty! Menuet writes – “An Oscar the grouch costume. Cut the bottom out of the trash can, and supported it with bungee cords on my belt. Lid is velcroed to my head. I’m wearing a green ski mask, sweater and black gloves with a MESSLOAD of yarn glued on. “ – […]
