Quick DIY Easter Garland
Deck the halls with eggy garlands with this speedy project by Amy Robinson over at Craftsy!
Month: April 2015
Who Needs a Smartwatch? This Enigma Machine Fits on Your Wrist
Enigma machines were extremely interesting coding machines used by Germany during World War II. As digital logic was still in its infancy, these machines used rotors configured in a certain pattern to decode the gibberish sent from military commanders to units in the field. Although mechanical marvels, they came nowhere near being small enough to […]
Countdown to the PSoC Pioneer Challenge Deadline — Your Final Weekend
This is the final weekend to prepare your PSoC Pioneer Challenge project
That’s A Wrap! Washi Tape and Craft Stick Frames
Here’s super simple photo frame craft to keep the kids occupied this Easter weekend.
What Do Jurrassic Park, Twisted Metal, and Waffles Have in Common? Power Wheels Racing
Coming to the 10th Annual Bay Area Maker Faire is the 7th season of Power Wheels racing. The Power Racing Series is a vaguely popular nerd “sport” that mods simple toy store ride-on plastic cars and converts them into $500 25mph electric racing machines. The series’ main take home is the “enforcement” of a tiny budget with sort […]
Hardware Development: Spark Shows How to Make a Prototype PCB
Prototype 2 Production, a blog by the Spark team about bringing products to market, published the first of a three-part series this week on how to build a printed circuit board prototype. The guide, written by Spark’s head of supply chain Will Hart, walks readers through PCB fabrication specs, checking for design rule violations and generating layout files. Fabrication […]
Dragon Innovation Announces “Seal of Approval” Program for Crowdfunding Hopefuls
Dragon Innovation, which has worked with the wildly successful businesses Pebble, Coolest Cooler, and BlueSmart to estimate the actual costs of bringing their crowdfunded products to market, is expanding its offerings with Dragon Certified, a program to give companies a financial “seal of approval” before a crowdfunding campaign even begins. “What we saw all the […]