Meet T.W.E.R.P.
From the Make: Flickr Pool comes the T.W.E.R.P., a ThingamaKIT housed in a 10″ Mad*L vinyl toy. Things I’ve Made More: ThingamaHat ThingamaKIT build photos Hacking the ThingamaKIT
Kits
Open Heart brooch
Today I combined Jimmie Rogers’ Open Heart kit with a LilyPad Arduino board to make a light-up, animating LED heart brooch. I used conductive thread to attach the two together like a sandwich, and put a safety pin on the power supply. I dangled the brooch from the power supply with embroidery floss and the […]
Best of Maker Faire – The Maker Shed’s most popular kits
A lot of folks who weren’t in the Austin, TX area last week for Maker Faire Austin 2008 wanted some of the deals we had at the Maker Shed Store, so – for the rest of the week we’re going to have a post each day with some of the specials. Here are 5 of […]
ReMake Its
Here’s an interesting idea: kits for making things from recycled objects. You provide the refuse, they provide the part you might not otherwise be able to fabricate (however some of us makers I’m sure would beg to differ on that point). The wine cork trivet framework is quite intriguing, however. Hey, anything to give folks […]
New Soft Circuit Kits from Sparkfun
This weekend Syuzi Pakhchyan and I had the opportunity to show off Sparkfun’s new E-sewing kit and LilyPad Pro kit at Maker Faire Austin. Syuzi writes: The Lilypad E-sewing Kit is a great starters kit for individuals tackling their first wearable LED project. The components in this kit can be used for either the Rockstar […]
Game of Life Panel
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Funnypolynomial combined six Game of Life kits to form this sweet 2×3 cellular automata display panel! Game of Life Board
Making Austin Weird: LED Art Kits
From now until the awesomeness that is Maker Faire Austin, I’ll be highlighting projects that you can find at Travis County Fairgrounds on 10/18-19. Tickets here; see you there! From the creator of Blinkybug, here’s a beautiful new kit debuting at Maker Faire Austin: I’ll have these new LED Art Kits ready for the upcoming […]
