Category: Crafts & Projects

DIY Pick and Place Machine

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If you have ever worked with SMD parts using tweezers gets old fast. Even the small vacuum pencils are not great. Vassilis Papanikolaou sent in the details of his solution. It uses a base that is similar to a CNC machine without the electronics. With this setup it is much easier to precisely align the parts, I am thinking that a version 2 could include mounting some motors to the system and giving it some automation. … Read More

Medea Vodka Bottles With Scrolling Pixel Displays

Originally from Likecool on April 13, 2010, 11:04am

Originally posted 2010-04-15 09:25:29.

Crafting electronics

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It’s Geek Chic month over at Make: Online, where I posted a bunch of pictures from my recent trip to the MIT media lab, where Leah Buechley was busy hand-crafting LED modules for her research group’s TearDrop electronics toolkit.

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Originally posted 2010-06-27 08:24:39.

How-To: Felt Mushroom Business Card Holder

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The only downside to having a business card holder as adorable as this one from Wee Folk Art is that folks might be so overwhelmed by its cuteness that they might forget to look at your business card. … Read More

Originally posted 2009-11-11 11:50:55.

the Art of Micro Growing