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Young people making handcrafted holiday items at Providence Fab Lab

This holiday season, Kafumba and about 30 other youth are taking a product design class at AS220 Labs, taught by AS220 Labs staff and a designer from Providence-based medical device product development firm Ximedica. The young people have been making and selling handcrafted merchandise in AS220’s Fab Lab – a suite of personal fabrication equipment and software created at MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms that includes a laser cutter, milling machine and vinyl cutter.

Continue Reading December 11th, 2009 Brian Jepson

Make: Holiday Gift Guide 2009: All-Arduino!

Arduino lovers have a whole lotta hardware to choose from nowadays. From Arduino clones optimized for a variety of different users, to an arsenal of shield attachments specially designed for nearly every type of project. We’ve got a lot to cover here, so let’s get started, first with the basics – (Read on for the […]

Continue Reading December 8th, 2009 Collin Cunningham8

CRAFT Holiday Gift Guide 2009: DIY Gift Ideas for Guys

Make a handmade present for the deserving guys in your life. We’ve all heard it before, but it bears repeating: Handmade gifts are the best kind. Here are some do-it-yourself ideas. Please chime in in the Comments if you’ve got more ideas! A music mix At the beginning of 2009, I gathered up some favorite […]

Continue Reading December 3rd, 2009 Laura Cochrane4

Make: Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Music Machines

There’s been a bunch of great music-related kits released recently, just in time for gift-giving season. Add those to an already strong list of tried and true faves, and you’ve got yourself a lot of options for the sonic experimenter this year. Read on for the rundown – Drum Kit Kit for Arduino ($18.95) The […]

Continue Reading November 27th, 2009 Collin Cunningham12

How-To: Transistor tester

(photo by Michael L.) Though some of the fuller featured multimeters offer similar abilities, this ATMega8-based transistor tester project, identifies pins, measures gain, plus resistance and capacitance. Looks like a welcome addition to the workbench – schematic + source code can be found here [via Electronics-Lab]

Continue Reading October 19th, 2009 Collin Cunningham4

Compost Critters: Fingerless Mitten Pattern

There times we need are fingers, say when we’re turning compost piles, taking pictures, or drawing sketches of squirrels running around the warmed up soil. These fingerless gloves are really fun to work up because they’re simple, cute, and really quick.

Continue Reading September 25th, 2009 Kristinroach5