MAKE: Halloween Projects, Climate Control Mapping Blanket, and Dried Herbs - Newsletter

Tuesday October 24, 2017

Make These Totally Gothtacular Bat Wings for Your Boots!   Looking to add a batty flourish to your costume this year? Print these wonderful, whimsical, and totally gothtacular bat wings that weave into your boot laces.

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Cast a Pixelated, Glowing Centipede Costume for Halloween   This Halloween, help your kid dress up as one of the 8-bit Centipedes, as seen in both the movie Pixels and classic arcade game. The costume is illuminated from within by RGB LEDs and can even change colors!

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Crochet Your Own Climate Change Data Visualization Blanket   Science and art come together in this blanket that maps out the changing temperatures of the earth’s climate from the past 130 years. Looks like global warming can be fabricated after all.

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Cast Your Own Stamps to Put Harriet Tubman on the $20 Bill   Talks of whether Harriet Tubman should replace Jackson on the $20 bill have gone back and forth for a while now. Tired of waiting? You’ll want to check out Adafruit’s stamp-making tutorial then.

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Come on Down to Al’s Hack Shack!   "Al’s Hack Shack" started a little over a month ago when Al tore down the waterlogged tool shed in his backyard to build himself a space where he could create to his heart’s content. Watch him put his new shack to use!

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Getting the Most from Dry Herbs   Alex Gabriel, of "French Guy Cooking," made a series of videos that explore the virtues of dried herbs. Learn how to dry your own herbs in a microwave and better understand both when and how to use them in cooking for the best effect.

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Build a Bracelet or Necklace Out of Vintage Resistors   Looking to add something unique to your everyday outfit or trying to figure out a gift idea for that special maker in your life? You may want to check out Cody Gagnon’s project on Maker Share, where he showcases how to build a bracelet out of old resistors.

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More from Make:   We interviewed Cameron Norris, Marketing and Community Manager for Wevolver. This platform allows engineers to share and collaborate on their projects. Sparkfun’s annual Autonomous Vehicle Competition, a combo of multifaceted robot contests and humor, helped promote Maker Faire Denver into a full-fledged feature faire this year. Tired of the same old food? Livin Farms new flagship product is a counter top machine that allows consumers to grow their own worms to eat.

Upcoming Maker Faires   »  Maker Faire Istanbul (Turkey): October 27–29 »  Pueblo Mini Maker Faire (CO): October 27–28 »  Maker Faire Bilbao (Spain): October 27–29 »  Montevideo Mini Maker Faire (Uruguay): October 27–28 »  Maker Faire Calgary (Canada): October 28–29 »  Derby Mini Maker Faire (UK): October 28 »  Texoma Mini Maker Faire (Wichita Falls, TX): October 28   Find a Maker Faire near you on the Maker Faire map.

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