DIY breadboard jumper wires
In yesterday’s discussion about breadboarding techniques, Carnes left a comment to share his method for making breadboard wires.
Year: 2010
New in the Maker Shed: LED Sewing kit
The LED Sewing kit from the Maker Shed was inspired by Becky Stern’s Electronic Embroidery article from CRAFT Volume 09 You can follow the instructions in the article, or come up with your own unique electronic embroidery piece. It’s a great way to get started with soft electronics.
Portland Embroidery Show: One Stitch Forward, One Stitch Back
If you’re in or around Portland, be sure to check out this upcoming embroidery show at Redux: The domestic arts have a long history of resourcefulness often salvaging and reclaiming materials, turning scraps into treasures for future generations. The 24 artists showcased here will take needlecraft back to those roots incorporating repurposed materials while adding […]
Auto Smiley inserts smileys when you smile
Theo Watson cooked up a chunk of code with OpenFrameworks that types a smiley face into your text chat, email, etc. when it recognizes that you’ve smiled. =] Auto Smiley
Real Life Pac Man
Katie Sokoler took to the streets last weekend with a handmade game of Pac Man. Amazing how some colorful paper and a little bit of tape can make such fantastically fun street art!
DIY Scraptacular at TerraCycle’s Green Up Shop in NYC
Tiffany Threadgould writes in: TerraCycle has a green up store in Port Authority during Earth Month in April. Every Thursday we’re hosting fun, free events. On April 8th we’re having a DIY scraptacular! Green-Up Shop vendors, RePlayGround and Garbage of Eden, along with craft superstar Megan Nicolay of Generation T and the supercrafty Etsy crew, […]
MakerBot Cupcake heated build platform 2.0
Power users of the MakerBot Cupcake 3D printer have been crying out for a heated build platform for a long time, which would allow for larger prints without fear of warping. Some have even experimented with their own: Andrew “Clothbot” Plumb has been working on a heated build platform for some time. Jordan Miller created […]