How-To: Tea Towel Apron With Ruffle
This apron from Skip to my Lou is made with just a tea towel, fabric for the ruffle and some ribbon. It would make a great gift for the cook in your life.
Year: 2010
Hands-on with FEZ Mini, a .NET-powered microcontroller (+ robot kit)
Two reflective sensors are included in the kit (useful for line following and edge detection projects), and you can order additional components both from TinyCLR.com and other robotics sites. Many construction parts are included in the kit so it is very easy to attach additional sensors or other parts. As you can see on the picture above, I already added a Sharp IR distance sensor in front (so I can teach the robot to not bump on walls). I also added an Xbee expansion board on the back so one day I can control the robot remotely (and my Holy Grail is to connect the robot to Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio).
How-To: Zipper-Embellished Headband
Vickie Howell’s latest project for I Love to Create are these snazzy zipper-embellished headbands, an accessory that’s quick enough to whip up for wearing out this weekend.
Custom DIY MIDI controller boards
Livid’s Builder series consists of a central USB-MIDI “Brain” board plus several input boards, each size-customizable for use with LED pushbuttons, rotary potentiometers, or faders. The system could definitely speed-up construction of that controller-of-your-dreams project – just be sure you won’t end up wanting a few more buttons after you’ve drilled/cut the enclosure (guessing I […]
If Death were a minifig
Flickr user DROP HPC-ANC is responsible for this fantastic mural featuring a Lego version of The Grim Reaper. Sir or madam, whoever you are, wherever you are, I’d very much like to shake your hand.
Major hackers to infiltrate Rhode Island
How big is Rhode Island? Well, it’s about the size of… Rhode Island! Sometimes I feel like part of a strange joke living in the national yardstick. So it is with great excitement, yet great concern that I noticed several major hackers will be descending on Little Rhody for QuahogCon. Is the state big enough […]
In the Market: “Funky metal trees”
I love watching Makers Market filling up each day with amazing new work, with offerings that run the gamut from inexpensive geeky gadgetry to one of a kind pieces of art. One of the discoveries I’ve recently gone gaga over is the wire and wood tree sculptures by Kevin, dba “kaitrees.” As he explains in […]