Painting pocoyo
MAKE Flickr photo pool member MiniOnion painted Pocoyo at the bottom of his pool, nice work! – Link. MAKE something? Have something to share? Post your photos in the MAKE Flickr photo pool, we’re almost up to 2,000 members – join in!
Month: November 2006
Robot Race and Nitinol Lightswitch – Weekend Projects – Make Podcast
Ever since I heard about Nitinol, a shape-changing metal alloy, I’ve been wanting to play with it. In this video, I make a completely functional, but completely unnecessary lightswitch, put together a nitinol robot kit, an inch-bot and have a robot race! I’m confident that you can figure out how to make cars and contraptions […]
Robot Race and Nitinol Lightswitch Instructions – Make: Podcast
This weekend it’s time for a robot race! Put together some robots and race them for fun. I started this week by learning about nitinol, which is a shape changing metal alloy made up of nickel and titanium. I did some brainstorming. What could you do with a wire that I can activate to make […]
The week in MAKE
MAKE 08: Toys and Games is shipping! Just for MAKE blog readers, get an additional $5 off your subscription, (USA – $29.95 print & digital edition) with code CMAKE – subscribe here. Here’s the roundup of the highlights from the MAKE Blog this week: MAKE 08: Toys and Games – History of Myst, pinball machines, […]
Crochet Art – Friends for Life
Steven Leyden Cochrane shares with us some of the cool crochet sculptures he’s been working on. Steven says, “These are some sculptures that I’ve been making, recently (part of a series called “Friends for Life”). I started by crocheting stuffed birds with cotton yarn, to which I applied a couple dozen layers of chalk ground […]
DIY Chess Board
Check out The_EN6INEER’s DIY chess board made from plexiglas, it’s 3 level so you can kick Spock style – Link.
CRAFT Pattern Podcast: Bobble Handbag by Fable Handmade Goods
Today’s CRAFT Pattern Podcast is the Bobble Handbag from Fable Handmade Goods. A cute and versatile, easy to make handbag with decorative crochet flower closure. This is a great way to use up leftover yarn and pretty vintage buttons! The bag can be felted too. Bobble pattern decorates bottom and the flower closure shows off […]