Matt @ Make: Online found this calendar that marks the days by unraveling a knit with printing on it. The piece is by Patrick Frey. Even from the video it’s not quite clear how it operates: does a motor pull a certain amount of yarn down from the textile at the same time each day, […]
Ken Denmead at Wired writes: Ever since I took on the job of Editor at GeekDad, and would meet people at events like Maker Faire, the question I kept hearing over and over was “but what about GeekMom?!” Sometimes it was spoken with a bit of humor, but more often with a sense of real […]
Our own Rachel Hobson just won first prize in the European Space Agency’s Hubble Pop Culture contest, in the “funniest” category. Her piece took inspiration from one of John Grunsfeld’s spacewalks: Hubble is amazing and inspirational in its own right, but I really love hearing stories from the people who work on the space telescope. […]
Sean Ragan just put up a tutorial for this simple analog tamper-detecting switch for guarding his garden over on Make: Projects: This clever mechanical switch remains open so long as it is balanced in an upright position. But disturb it in any way, and the ball falls against the bars of the cage and closes […]
Check out the special CRAFT Project trunks in Evernote! Crafty recipes, sewing, and recycling projects are available. Works great on iPad, too (and my cat Beatrice approves)!
Going to Burning Man but still haven’t made any light-up accessories? It’s not too late! Instructables user “Danger is my middle name” made a tutorial for this EL wire hula hoop. More: Flashback: LED Hula Hoop In the Makers Market: LED hula hoop kits
George Hart on Make: Online writes: The traditional craft of quilting can be used to make many mathematical forms. While quilters have always used geometry to work out repeating patterns, some modern quilters go further in using mathematical objects as the subjects of their quilts. Here are two impressive examples by Sarah Mylchreest and Mark […]
