The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
Mike writes – “This is the Open Call for circuit builders, benders, and destroyers! The fourth year of this annual festival of music and art features nightly concerts, daily workshops, and site specific art installations. Now in three back to back incarnations in LA, Minneapolis, and NYC. Show us your stuff!” – Link. Related: The […]
Eric writes in with some great electronics classes in NYC! – “Registration for January/February classes at LEMURplex is now open. Exciting new class topics include Robotics, Controller Building and Audio Processing, plus additional core and special topic offerings including Max/MSP/Jitter, Arduino Microprocessors, Video Tracking and Fiberglass Fabrication.” – Link.Build Your Own Music/Video MIDI Controller Building […]
Orb – James Sears – Leif Mangelsen Solar bikini (charges an iPod shuffle) – Andrew Schneider. Sonic Body Pong – Tikva Morowati. CabTrails – Michael Ang. Botanicallss (plants call you when they need stuff) – Robert Faludi, Kate Hartman, Kati London, Rebecca Bray (tons of asterisk projects this year!). Tonight is the last night of […]
We asked a few really smart makers of fashion, hardware, software and electronics to tell us what is on their wish list this holiday season (we like to call them intelligent designers) and boy did they come up with some good ones! Check out the dozens of ideas and gifts they put together that may […]
Riley writes in with how he made his own DIY “electric gyroscope” – “I used one of those clear dummy cds that can be found at the top and bottom of spindles. I made a 4.5 volt battery pack out of 3 AA’s and used a motor out of a CD player I salvaged. The […]
Arwen has a fantastic interview (make sure to see the photos) she writes – “Liquid Nitrogen ice cream? Fractal pecan pie?? A recirculating gravy fountain??? I couldn’t believe my eyes when I first saw Turkey Tek’s Thanksgiving Instructables way back in April, and I’ve been not-so-patiently waiting to see what they put up this year. […]
Arwen sent in our last Thanksgiving interview! “Christy Canida has been slowly building up a really quite amazing guide for fledgling or experimenting cooks on Instructables. Beautifully instructed, she started out teaching the basics and has documented her way through an astonishing number of delicious meals. With a wicked sense of humor and an instinctive […]
