Get rid of your batteries and power your remote control with just a shake.

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How to use a Ping ultrasonic sensor with an Arduino. You can purchase a PING ))) ultrasonic sensor at makershed.com

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Learn to make and use a pinhole camera! Find out where to get supplies and how to develop the images here: http://blog.craftzine.com/arch ive/2009/07/craft_video_pinhol e_camera.html

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I started getting interested in Blythe when I wanted to make a three-dimensional self portrait, and was dumbfounded by the enormous community of customizers working with the Blythe Doll. One of the main online sources for customization is Puchi Collective, which houses oodles of tops for changing her eyechips, face makeup, and clothes. I was mainly interested in rerooting her hair, as the doll I acquired from co-blogger Jenny Ryan had blonde hair, and I wanted to use my own wavy red hair from a recent haircut. I made this video to illustrate the process, based on text-and-image tutorials I found on Puchi and Flickr. View on craftzine: http://blog.craftzine.com/arch ive/2009/01/rerooting_blythe_d oll_hair_video.html

Music is Yellow Cactus by I, Cactus: http://www.8bitpeoples.com/art ist/i_cactus

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I caught up with Shelly Hatton at Maker Faire Austin, where she was demonstrating antique circular sock knitting machines! She writes, "Circular sock machines have been around since the early 1900's and were built so sturdily that they still survive and work to this day. The machines were originally advertised as a way for homemakers to make money at home by cranking out socks, but the learning curve was really high. Currently, there are a number of enthusiasts around the globe who help each other figure out how to use these really nifty antique machines." Shelly got interested in these machines when she heard a friend had knitted a pair of sock in two hours!

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Join Molly de Vries and pick up some new holiday tricks with a green conscience. She shows us how to make a festive fabric garland from attractive scraps, then shows a furoshiki fabric gift wrapping technique. Molly is a sustainable textiles maven and creator of Ambatalia "The Fabric Society." Molly recently closed her retail shop in Mill Valley, CA, but you can find her on her blog and etsy shop. She's even working an underground shop in her home studio for by-appointment shopping, special resourcing, and custom work.

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Make a high-tech mood light from a flourescent lamp and a bunch of old memory chips.

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Use a cellphone camera for espionage that captures long-distance secret activities!

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Secretly shoot your voice across the room in stealth mode on the beam of a laser!

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This week I have 3 modifications of the Maker's Notebook. I started out by adding a small pocket inside the book to keep a pen. Next, I added a snap closure to keep everything secure. Finally, I added a pocket to the back of the book for keeping acetate film to use as overlays for my sketches.

Checkout makezine for more information, including a contest for the 3 best mods! [Contest ends 1.19.09]

http://www.makezine.com

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This week I am going to show you how to hack a MAKE gift subscription card. Actually, it's showing you how to interface a 7-segment display with an Arduino. I just happened to make it into a gift card subscription.

My idea was to give a MAKE subscription to a friend. Actually, I am giving them an Arduino along with the subscription. What a great combination! As a final part of the gift, I am making a post on how to program the 7-segment display to help them get started.

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This week I made the tinyCylon kit from the Maker Shed. It's a fun little project that has a lot of cool light patterns programmed onto the chip.

Check out the complete build here: http://blog.makezine.com/archi ve/2008/12/how-to_tuesday_tiny cylon_kit.html

You can purchase a tinyCylon kit in the Maker Shed at http://www.makershed.com/Produ ctDetails.asp?ProductCode=MKDW 1

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