Chris Walker, of Secret Labs/Netduino fame, was kind enough to agree to do some snooping around at CES for MAKE, too. Here’s some of what he found interesting. Thanks, Chris! — Gareth Orbotix brought their Sphero robotic balls to CES 2011. Attendees were able to drive Spheros live using an iPhone app. Sphero uses the […]
Rich Faulhaber wanted enough sand-polished “beach glass” or “sea glass” (Wikipedia) to cover a walkway, and didn’t want to spend the rest of his life combing beaches for it. So he figured out how to make his own knock-off version. [via Boing Boing]
Danielle of Thompson Family-Life shares a fantastic find of hers that has my embroidery-loving heart skipping a few beats. The children’s book, Selections From a Garden of Verses, is illustrated with gorgeous hand-stitched images by Virginia Tiffany. Danielle writes: The obvious amount of time, work and thought that was put into these is pretty mind-boggling […]
Software, meet hardware. The Netduino Mini from the Maker Shed is an open source electronics platform using the .NET Micro Framework. The board features a 32-bit microcontroller and a rich development environment, making it a perfect solution for engineers and hobbyists alike. Features 1.2″ x 0.6″ – tiny “DIP microchip” form factor with edge pins […]
Good morning Crafters! We are so excited to be the first stop for Martha Stewart’s Blog Tour today with a special article excerpt from Martha Stewart Living’s January issue on how to mend knits. Learn how to repair small holes in sweaters, fix a pulled thread, save a buttonhole, and lots more! Just download the […]
I was one of a generation of American secondary school students who didn’t even have the option to take “industrial arts” classes. Fortunately, I got plenty of hands-on how-to training at home, from Dad, who had a workbench and a garage full of tools that he was patient enough to let me borrow, use, break, and lose while I figured out how to use them.
Andy’s lovely mood lamp looks even better under the hood! To keep the pattern of light even, he devised a really sweet dodecahedral assembly of custom circuit boards with SMD LEDs mounted on them. The first thing I did was devise a plane for the “bulb.” I decided to go with a dodecagon, which I […]
