Painstakingly laying out multi-colored plastic beads (also known as Perler beads) to create mosaic images can be a relaxing way to unwind. It’s a long process, though, and if you don’t have the ...

Remember plastic Perler beads from when you were a kid? Those brightly colored macaroni-shaped beads that you align on a little pegboard and then fuse together using an iron? They're Wisconsin-based ...

[Tomas] wanted to try building something mechanical with electronic control, and ended up with this sorter that organizes beads into one of two containers based on color. He built most of the ...