[Editor’s Note: There used to be a post here about some Escher-esque molds for creating tessellating gecko-patterned paving stones out of concrete. The creator of the molds got all 20th century (19th century?) on us and demanded that we take down the post (something about needing to negotiate a contract and cut a deal before […]
I was thrilled to get handed a new EMS Labs’ business card/target board by Windell at Maker Faire. I have their original ATmegaXX8 card displayed on my desk and it gets comments from nearly everyone who sees it. I haven’t used it in a project yet, but I’m dyin’ to (I’m dying to have the […]
Ray Wilson of MusicFromOuterSpace gives a very in-depth review of the new Sound Lab Ultimate‘s features (skip to the 7min mark for sound samples). The Ultimate is an expanded sequel to the popular Sound Lab analog synth project, which adds a bunch of new features and makes the project fully patchable – Three Musically Accurate […]
I love these tiny toolboxes (as Father’s Day gifts), made from Altoids tins, that Natalie posted next door on CRAFT. If the mint tin seems a little… er… impractical for holding tools, there’s also a project on the same page for having kids color artwork for lids on mint tins to hold nuts, bolts, screws, […]
Book-A-Day in May Last week was the last in our Book-A-Day in May, where we gave away Maker’s Notebooks to 20 Twitter followers and four Arduino MEGAs. Last week’s winners of Maker’s Notebooks were @j0nny5 @Arroxane @1stPageofGoogle @philomathickat @johalloran The winner of last week’s Arduino MEGA microcontroller was @eemaguire If you haven’t direct-messaged us on […]
This maker was inspired by an old post here on Make: Online, of the “Top Ten Most Useful Knots,” to create a wallet card of several useful knots. Infocard: Useful Knots More: Top Ten Most Useful Knots
One of the nifty little techno-trinkets Solarbotics was handing out to lucky folks at the Faire was their new NunChucky. This tiny PCB allows you to utilize the Wii Nunchunk as a project controller on a microcontroller module without having to cut the connector off the Nunchuck (so you can still use it with your […]
