The very first moving picture machine was barely more than a hand-cranked circular flipbook, called a mutoscope. Jesse Breytenbach made her own and documented the elaborate creation of the wooden apparatus that holds the “movie” cylinder.
Not only are these compositions for the SketchUp gingerbread house competition astounding, but I just love the categories. The Sprinkles price was awarded to the best additions made to a provided base model, the Swirl prize for best use of dynamic components, and the Sweet Tooth prize for most creative use of a single candy […]
Leah Buechley is one of my favorite tech/craft innovators. Check out this video of her talk at the Design Futures lecture series: People knit scarves, build furniture, sew clothing, and solder radios together in their homes and garages. Diverse groups of people–girls and boys, grandparents and college students–lovingly engage in these hands-on low-tech hobbies. In […]
Lenore from Evil Mad Scientist transformed cute Molly, a freebie plush pony, into a demonic zombie Maulie and she shared instructions.
Cheap Vegetable Gardener is having seed starting success with a grow box that uses cheap LED Christmas lights. It looks like a nice portable system, and they reported that the seedlings seem to be getting enough light so far.
Use a cellphone camera for espionage that captures long-distance secret activities! Thanks go to Eric Rosenthal for the original article in Make: Volume 16 To download The Portable Spy Scope MP4 click here or subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete Portable Spy Scope article in MAKE: Volume 16 “Portable Spy Scope”
Use a cellphone camera for espionage that captures long-distance secret activities! Thanks go to Eric Rosenthal for the original article in Make: Volume 16 View the PDF
