Brian’s Brain’s holiday gift guide for engineers
EDN (Electronic design news) has Brian’s Brain’s holiday gift guide for engineers, some good stuff and it includes MAKE! – Link & another one from PowerSource.
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Lightworks by Marcus Tremonto
I’m going to likely miss this showing, but it looks great – if you’re in to interesting light sculptures check it out (NYC) – Phillips de Pury & Company is proud to announce an exhibition of unique light works by MarcusTremonto. Approximately sixteen pieces will be on view and for sale at Phillips de Pury […]
HOW TO – Make Your Own Marshmallows
Derek and Lauren of design*sponge show you how to make a great last minute holiday gift! You’ll learn how to make your own marshmallows, perfect to add to a hot chocolate kit that will sure bring a smile and some warmth to the tummy. Link.
Magic 8-Ball meets an MCU in a vinyl toy
Here’s a fascinating project over at SparkFun where they took one of the Munny “DIY” vinyl toys and embedded a Logomatic datalogger (with its LPC2138 MCU), a Nokia screen clone, and an accelerometer inside. The idea is to use the device as a sort of 21st century Magic 8-Ball, dubbed the Sinister 7. Pete, the […]
HOW TO: Make Recycled Gift Tags
Gregory at Apartment Therapy LA recently posted about some cute and eco-friendly gift tags his girlfriend made from old grocery bags. See the step-by-step slideshow here. Link.
Cinnamon-and-Sugar Walnuts
Heidi Kenney shares her quick and tasty recipe for cinnamon and sugar walnuts, and even shows how to package them up all cute-like using recycled containers. This is a great idea for easy last-minute gift giving. Link.
Robodance 4 works with i-Sobot and Wiimote
MAKE: Blog pal, and author of Robodance, Robert Oschler, is in the process of updating this free Robosapien control program so that it can also work with the new Tomy i-Sobot, using the IR connection on the robot and the Nintendo Wii remote controller (Wiimote). This video offers a sneak peak of Robodance 4’s capabilities. […]