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December 15, 2014
Hacking the Royal Institution at Christmas
The Royal Institution's annual Christmas lectures are just that, an institution. Given this year by Professor Danielle George it explores how 21st Century tinkering can change the world.
Ready, Set, Joust! Win a Robotics Starter Kit from Make: and RadioShack
Now is your chance to win a Make: it Robotics Starter Kit! Read more to learn how.
Beautiful Furniture from Mwanzi Co.
If you want furniture, you might go to one of many well known stores that sells particle board items that will fall apart in a few years. If you want something better, but not too expensive, you can buy something used, or even something new that requires a bit of […]
Laundry Text Message Alerts With Arduino Yun
The buzzer on a washer or dryer may be OK for most people, but what if you would like something a little more versatile to tell you when your laundry is done? Here’s an interesting solution involving an Arduino Yún that sends a text message when the washer or dryer […]
December 14, 2014
10 Perfect DIY Projects for Makers Who Love Their Pets
Pets are people too. If corporations can be labeled as people then why can’t our pets? Regardless, when it comes to our pets, we often spoil them with lavish gifts to show our affections. Makers on the other hand tend to build projects that help with everything from feeding […]
A Tiny Sword from Nails
No, that’s not a plastic drink stirrer you see in the picture above, it’s an actual metal sword made from two nails. If you have some simple tools, like an anvil and hand drill, this sword takes the prize for best awesomeness-to-cost ratio. If you watch the video below, you […]
December 13, 2014
Fizzbit Football Game Made from Paper
If you’re tired of folding up a piece of paper into a triangle “ball,” Here’s another interesting idea for papercraft football, just in time for bowl season! This game looks to be a combination of electric football, where plastic “players” are moved around the vibrating playing surface, and a bristlebot, […]
Make an Ornament Today with littleBits and RadioShack in Times Square
If you’re in the Times Square, New York area, you owe it to yourself to visit the Times Square RadioShack today. They’ve got a room set up where you can look at a whole bunch of littleBits demos, and even make your own littleBits ornament that you can take home. […]
A Pumpkin Disco Ball
Here’s a cool and very simple idea from DaveHax for how to make a pumpkin disco ball. A pessimist say that this pumpkin hack is being featured here a month too late. An optimist, however, would realize that this idea gives you well over 10 months to get one ready […]
December 12, 2014
Cool Crowdfunding December 12: Cutting Your Own Records and Tiny Drones
The Bottle Bit See on Kickstarter Raax Robotic Linear Actuators See on Kickstarter Zubot Transformers See on Kickstarter Desktop Record Cutter See on Kickstarter Zano Drone See on Kickstarter Anura Pocketable Drone See on Kickstarter Filed under: Crowdfunding, Electronics, Music
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