Nikol Lohr has written up a cool knitting pattern for this Katamari Damancy Queen of All Cosmos earmuffs for the December issue of Shojo Beat magazine (a girlie manga). The Katamari earmuff idea originally came from Laurenn McCubbin which Nikol developed into a knitting pattern. I like cute secret compartment she added in, where you […]
AVR based DIY USB joystick you can make yourself– MJoy is the project for building DIY controller for joysticks that connect to USB port of your PC. This controller is the electronic brain of USB joysticks. You may choose to build your own joystick hardware or may want to change the electronics of your existing […]
Here’s a nifty version of the rocking chair, but this one has 10 legs, designed by Paulius Vitkauskas – [via] – Link. Also in the makery chairs department, this chair turns into a table for the extreme space constrained, from designer Ólafur Ómarsson [via] – Link.
Design news has their latest “Gadget Freak” up, make a 40-LED bicycle light – “To see and be seen after dark on his bicycle, Bill designed this 40-LED light. He configured a 555 timer IC to generate a continuous on/off timing cycle to alternately flash two groups of 20 LEDs. The device operates on four […]
“From brazen helmet and warrior’s shield of the ancient world to the modern flashlight cell and galvan-ized steel plate, zinc has worked in the service of man.” Experiments with Zinc, Popular Science 1947 – Link.
Over the weekend I checked out Ron Mueck’s sculptures at The Brooklyn Museum, it’s a pretty surreal experience. His work usually consists of huge scupltures of people that seem certain to move and chatter if you can just stare at them long enough, but they don’t. Some are small, some are just body parts. They’re […]
The MAKE forums are a great place to chatter and work on projects with other makers, check out this super-detailed series of posts on building a homemade tennis ball machine! – photos & info. Related: MAKE forums – Link. Join the MAKE forums – Link.
