You never know when you’ll find yourself in a MacGyver moment. It can happen anywhere, at any time. Wouldn’t it be easier to hack those electronics with some real components instead of a rubber band and a paper clip? The Mintronics: Survival Pack from the Maker Shed contains over 60 useful components for making, hacking, […]
Etsy’s got a fascinating video about Alaska craftswoman Mabel Pike: Tlingit Native elder Mabel Pike first learned how to sew moccasins from her great-grandmother in the 1920s. After her village in Douglas, Alaska burned down in 1926, Mabel’s parents moved their family to Juneau, where Mabel and her sisters began selling their handcrafted Native wares. […]
This shows an early incarnation of the Sporenspiel, a glockenspiel which is automatically played based on the amount of spores falling from a mushroom in real time. This video shows the Sporenspiel being played from a video file of mushroom spores, but it will eventually be triggered by real life mushroom spores. [Thanks, Adam!]
When I was a teenager, we had a distinctly impolite name for a pull tab that had been removed from the can with the rivet ring still intact, said name being based on a persistent urban legend about the alleged redemption value of these relatively rare tabs. I can assure you, dear readers, that legend has nothing to do with the reason I am familiar with this handy trick for removing pull tabs with the ring intact every time. Turns out, a tab with an intact rivet ring is quite useful for mounting to wooden frames as a picture hanger. And I, you know, have to hang up lots of pictures. Seriously.
Caitlin of Biscuits and Jam shares how she pieced together this fun starburst quilted floor pillow. I love that she shares her quick-method approach to the project. Her use of practical geometry results in a fast working project with gratifying results. Give it up for shortcuts!
Spotted in the MAKE Flickr pool, this elegant version of the classic sliding-tile puzzle executed in Lego elements by Peer Kreuger. The assembled puzzle has no visible studs.
Toys are so much more fun when you make them yourself rather than purchasing one. Popular in Cameroon, these so called “remote controlled” toys are made from the various bits of debris cast off from modern life. It may not have accelerated graphics or play PVZ, but then again it’ll never run out of batteries and can always be scavenged for parts for the next improvised toy fad.
