Drawdio paint brush
Not to be limited to pencil, the Drawdio sound generating/art project is seen here using the conductivity of water from a paint brush. Temporary marks can be made and used – then just let them evaporate away. Neat! Drawdio Kit
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Mini Monsters at Maker Faire Austin – CRAFT Video Podcast
Download the MP4 Video or HD Version | Subscribe to CRAFT in iTunes | mov | 3g2 I caught up with craftzine blogger and Austin local Rachel Hobson at Maker Faire Austin 2008, where she gave a demo on making the Mini Monsters from CRAFT:06. These fun little creatures, invented by Moxie, are unique and […]
DIY pepper mill kit
MAKE & CRAFT photo editor Sam Murphy points us to this kit for making your own pepper mill. It includes all the complicated grinding hardware and a walnut blank. Lathe not included.
Workbench contest winner
Hacked Gadgets ran a contest to try and find the awesomest electronics workbench in all of Geekdom. They got some pretty sweet entries, but the winner was Lorne Wilkins. Not only is his set-up top-drawer, he goes into detail describing parts of it, including some homebrewed tools, like the PCB holder made from an old […]
Cool Tool: Shredding Scissors
Mister Jalopy tips us off to these crazy new scissors from The Container Store, which are like having not three, not four, but FIVE scissors in one!
SX-150 synth with plasma contact
Plan-K-Troniks demos this unique mod for the Gakken SX-150 analog synthesizer – a green plasma disc, used to control sound via contact with the stylus. Great – now on to the Gakken Tesla coil! SX-150 Analog Synthesizer Kit
Make your how cypher slide rule
On today’s episode of Bre Petis’ I Make Things, my pal Nick Farr of HacDC demonstrates the Polyalphabetic Substitution Cypher Slide Rule (PASCSR) he made and uploaded to Thingiverse. Thingiverse launches today, too. It’s a site, created by Bre and Zach Hoeken, where you can share your digital designs/object files with the world. Cool. I […]