How-To: LEDs Inside Sea Urchins
These LED sea urchins would make great party decor or even night lights! Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories shows us how to wire up this super-simple (two parts!) circuit. More: Limpet Shell Electronics
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Anti/Surveillance Fashion Show at Maker Faire
Submit your project! John Baichtal @ Make: Online alerts us to this cool Maker Faire opportunity: Noisebridge is proud to present Anti/Surveillance Fashion Show at the upcoming Maker Faire in San Mateo. Anti/Surveillance is a runway show exploring the uses of wearables for surveillance, and for hiding from surveillance. We are currently accepting submissions for […]
April Soft Circuit Workshops in SF
The Soft Circuit Workshop taught by NYU ITP alum Grace Kim has 2 classes coming up this month at Gray Area Foundation for the Arts in San Francisco. The workshop will cover basics of wearable technology. Workshop participants will be given a historical overview of wearables in the context of fashion, art, and technology. Grace […]
Making LED Throwies at Yuri’s Night
This weekend the MakeMobile was on the tarmac at the NASA Ames Research Center for Yuri’s Night, a massive global celebration of Yuri Gagarin’s first flight into space. 211 parties were held across the globe, and even the astronauts on the International Space Station had one! The Bay Area event featured two days of educational […]
How-To: Atomic Cookies
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories is at it again! The time they’ve made extrusion (spritz) plates for cookies that mimic electron probability clouds. These atomic cookies are sure to be a big hit at your next quantum mechanics-themed party!
Machine Knits Socks by the Yard (1936)
And they’re pretty much made the same way now, too! Machine Knits Socks by the Yard on Modern Mechanix. [via Braincraft] More: Antique Sock Knitting Machines at Maker Faire Austin – CRAFT Video Podcast
In the Makers Market: “P8tch” redirectable QR code patch
Many of you may have seen Becky’s Make: Online post about John Young’s clever p8tch system from a couple years ago. Now we’re excited to announce that John has recently opened a store selling them in the Makers Market. When you buy a p8tch, you get a velcro-backed waterproof patch, in one of several cool […]