Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and Patricia of A Little Hut has created a new Valentine’s Day Set ($7.99) – a 15 page printable PDF that you can buy from her shop. Print out the PDF to make your own crafty Valentine’s Day with friends or the kiddos! Make heart cards, cut-out heart […]
This simple project from Joel at Made by Joel will keep your kids (and you!) entertained for ages, and is a perfect activity for a snow day. He’s provided printable templates for making the bird thaumatrope pictured above, and all you need to add is a stick or drinking straw and some tape and then […]
Are you ready to wake up from the cult of Arduino? Tired of plugging together black-box pre-built modules like a mindless drone, copying and pasting in code you found on Hackaday? You’ve soldered together your TV-Be-Gone, built your fifth Minty Boost, and your bench is awash with discarded Adafruit packaging and Make magazines. It’s time […]
Chris Walker, of Secret Labs/Netduino fame, was kind enough to agree to do some snooping around at CES for MAKE, too. Here’s more info on the printed-circuit ink product boxes on display at the show. — Gareth As Damien Stolarz previously reported, Fulton Innovation demonstrated cereal boxes with wirelessly-powered glowing ink. These boxes were printed […]
Chriskpalmer on Thingiverse writes: This edge lock system for paper and plastic works great for realizing meshes from thin sheets of material. It avoids the negative accumulated error common with the classic glue and tab method of construction. Instead the edges have enough freedom to adjust towards the perfect position.
The smallest stop-motion character! Aardman Animations have set a Guinness World Record for “Smallest stop-motion animation character in a film”, with their new short film: ‘Dot’ Shot entirely on the new Nokia N8, the ‘Dot’ film showcases the smartphone’s 12-megapixel photography capabilities and also celebrates the CellScope, an invention created by Professor Daniel Fletcher. The […]
Make these beautiful felt hot pads by Molly from The Purl Bee. This is a great quick and easy housewarming gift to make! Molly writes: Their rectangular shape makes them ideal for grabbing hot dishes out of the oven and holding onto pan handles. They are also pretty enough to use as trivets directly on […]
