By Becky Stern Here I’ll show you how to add flashing LEDs to your backpack for fun and safety. I used a LilyPad Arduino with a rechargeable lithium-polymer battery for flatness and re-usability. The LEDs blink in a marquee pattern, two at a time, in patriotic red, white and blue. This project also appears as […]
At Maker Faire this past weekend, these two cuties came to show me their LilyPad Arduino projects they made (and soldered themselves) using the CRAFT videos to help out, thanks for coming by! Your blinky wearables are super impressive! Photo is by their dad, leave us a comment so we can find you online! More: […]
By Becky Stern I love any activity that promotes creativity and discovery. To me, tinkering with electronics is the same as stitching a picture, and combined they can tell a story that crafters and gearheads both want to hear. This picture of a frog catching fireflies is embellished with lights that bring the bugs to […]
By Joy Charde I love Geek Craft Month! In honor of this awesome month, I thought that it would be fun to make these geek inspired printables. You can use these as gift labels, book labels, stickers or hang tags. Just download, print, crop and enjoy. Totally geeky and totally cool! Download the Pattern PDF […]
Photograph by See-ming Lee One of the events we are looking forward to at World Maker Faire NY this weekend is Diana Eng’s Technology Fashion Show, scheduled for 2 p.m. in the Great Hall. Naturally, Diana is incredibly busy getting ready to dazzle us, but she took a few minutes to share some insight with […]
Author of Fashioning Technology Syuzi Pakhchyan scoured the World Maker Faire NY schedule and posted a great roundup of the wearable tech projects to be on display, like Vital Threads Biofeedback Apparel (above left), the Life Dress (above right), and of course Diana Eng‘s Maker Faire Fashion Show (on Saturday at 2 p.m. in the […]
By Syuzi Pakhchyan Keep the chill away by making gear that will keep your ears warm and protected from the harsh winter wind. The Rock Star Headphones require you to hack into an existing set of headphones and incorporate it into a new design. The Rock Star will also have two square LEDs sewn onto […]
