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Featured Author: Lynne Bruning If you search for "Textile Enchantress" on Google, you will undoubtedly discover Lynne Bruning, a woman who single-handedly dominates the "Textile Enchantress" industry. Melding age-old techniques like weaving, sewing and needle felting with some of the most cutting-edge technological advancements in the field of eTextiles and adaptive technologies, Lynne has been working to advance traditional crafts into the modern era. Her work is imbued not only with technological cunning but a sense of fun and playfulness. And, of course, like any true Textile Enchantress, Lynne can rock a Day-Glo tutu with the best of 'em. 7 choses à fixer ou à faire avec les Oogoo Oogoo is a mix of 100% silicone caulk and corn starch. The corn starch evenly distributes moisture which it has absorbed from the air. This helps to activate the polymerization of the silicone in a controlled way.
5 ways to help our disappearing bees In the spring and summer, thoughts naturally turn to the birds and the bees. Except, the bee seems to be in trouble. You've probably heard about colony collapse disorder (CCD) or vanishing bee syndrome, the mysterious and rather dramatic die-off of domesticated honeybees in Europe and North America. Scientists aren't really sure what's going on yet. All that's known for sure is our bee colonies are suddenly disappearing. InstaMorph - Moldable Plastic What is this InstaMorph moldable plastic thing anyways. Well, InstaMorph is an non-toxic, lightweight polyester thermoplastic (woah, that's a mouthful!). That didn't help? Ok, how about we tell you some of the properties of InstaMorph that we think you'll like. Works at low temperatures. InstaMorph becomes moldable at a relatively low temperature (60°C / 140°F) and solidifies at room temperature.
DIY Cardboard Rocket Ship and Space Play Ideas - One Time Through Welcome to another week of the Love to Learn Linky! This week – we’re all about Rocket Ships and SPACE! We’ve got a simple tutorial for a cardboard rocket ship which you can easily make in under 15 minutes for spacey imaginative fun, space book recommendations for young children, and 15 out of this world ideas for space-themed play! Parallel and Series Circuit In a series circuit, the path of electrons from the negative (-) side to the positive (+) side goes through all the electrical components of the circuit. Another way to think of this is that if you open the circuit at one point, on either side of a component, there is no complete path for the electrons to follow from - to + for any of the components. A good example of this for those of you old enough to remember is the old style Christmas lights where if one light were to burn out, the whole series of lights would go out. Series circuits are used extensively in electronics but rarely by someone who is providing power to electrical components such as supplying power to a group of lights as in the case of low voltage LED lights sold by Berkeley Point.
Jon Lech Johansen's blog MagicPlay is an open cross-platform audio streaming standard (think “HTTP for music”) that supports synchronized streaming to multiple speakers (like Sonos). For more details, see this Verge story. In the near future you’ll be able to buy WiFi speakers, TVs and other products that come with MagicPlay support out of the box. If you want to try MagicPlay right now, you can turn an existing device such as the Raspberry Pi into a MagicPlay device and stream music to it using doubleTwist Music Player for Android.
New soldering iron! What should I make? - project electronics DIY I am the proud new owner of a soldering iron. What are some good first projects? Must be cheap and at least marginally useful. Blinky lights are a plus! So my USB flash drive decided to stop working, and for some reason I decided that one of the little solder joints at the connector had probably come apart. Galaxy Dough {Play Recipe} Rosie and Jewel got a telescope for Christmas, and they have been having so much fun exploring the night sky. To extend that interest I whipped up a batch of GALAXY DOUGH for them. This dough is really easy to make and so fun! It is super smooth, ultra sparkly, and REALLY stretchy.
LEDs for Beginners So I wasn't completely honest - I have used LEDs once or twice before for simple applications, but I never really knew what I was doing, and since so many projects on instructables use LEDs, I thought I might as well teach myself and post about it too. I know that there are many projects already posted that contain information about how to wire LEDs for simple projects - LED Throwies, LED Beginner Project: Part 2 and 9v LED flashlight - teh best evarrr!, but I think that there could still be some use for a detailed step by step explanation about the basics of LEDs for anyone who could use it. The first step was to buy some supplies and figure out what I would need to experiment with.
How To: Hide Pesky Electronics Wires In Your Home Electronics are inevitable in today’s homes. And while some things are moving more towards wireless and bluetooth connections– you’re still going to have to accommodate electrical cords somewhere. Wires can be messy, make a space look unfinished and less than design worthy– and unless an organized routing of cables on display for a tech space is a part of your design; there shouldn’t be any visible. See our 5 easy tips and tricks for successfully masking the view of cords, wires and electronic cables in your home below. 1. DIY Workbench - 5 You Can Build in a Weekend The workbench is a DIY project’s hub. It’s where supplies are kept and progress gets made. Sure, you can buy a workbench, but unless you’re upgrading to a professional European-style model, I recommend building your own. A basic, customizable bench requires only two tools—a saw and a drill. Scroll down to see five DIY workbenches you can build in a weekend.
Cardboard Box Rocket Ship DIY Rocket Ship for Kids The best thing about this cardboard box rocket ship is that we have had it for over a year and a half!This card board box rocket ship is pretty tough and has withstood very energetic little boys. I had never even thought to show how we made it since I didn’t take a ton of pictures, but I think the pictures will give you a decent starting point for creating your own cardboard box rocket ship! DIY Cardboard Box Rocket Ship for Kids