featured

How-To: Get Started with the BeagleBone

How-To: Get Started with the BeagleBone

If you’re excited about getting into embedded Linux platforms for electronics projects, Matt shows you how to get started on the BeagleBone. By the end of the how-to, you’ll be able to blink and LED, but hopefully you’ll be inspired to take something on that’s a little more complex.

Get a BeagleBone from the Maker Shed: http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MKCCE1&Click=37845

And here’s the code for mrbbio: https://github.com/mrichardson23/mrBBIO

More info: http://blog.makezine.com/2012/03/14/how-to-get-started-with-the-beaglebone/

Squishy Circuits — Sylvia’s Mini Maker Show

Squishy Circuits — Sylvia’s Mini Maker Show

More information: http://wp.me/p22K2I-IkA

Are you curious about experimenting with electronics, but the fear of electric shock or soldering iron burns keep you away?

Why not try, squishy circuits! With a special recipe of food-safe, kitchen made pliable dough developed at the University of St. Thomas, kids of all ages can easily use their hands to mold their very own simple circuits right before your eyes! Lets go!

DIY Crocheted Circle Scarf

DIY Crocheted Circle Scarf

Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=craftzine

Learn how to make an easy crocheted circle scarf! Would be a great gift for the holidays or just a good gift for your cold neck. I love this project! It is great for non-experienced hooker like me:) xox c

Take a gander at my website: http://corinneleigh.com
Me getting my hair cut off: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjJpO8k45nA&feature=colike

Super Sewable Circuitry — Sylvia’s Mini Maker Show

Super Sewable Circuitry — Sylvia’s Mini Maker Show

I bet you didn’t know that there’s a soft side to the hard edged fiberglass boarded electronics you know and love, and it’s called soft circuitry! The copper clad board in through-the-hole electronics can actually be replaced by cloth, and the traces replaced with conductive thread, allowing your projects to light up, and still be huggable and wear friendly. Today we’ll show you how to make your very own glowey-eyed cuddle monster you can sew together with the threadbare essentials. Lets go! More: wp.me/p1CIX9-uOU