Month: January 2010

Electroluminescent papercraft

Electroluminescent papercraft

Rob Ryan makes papercuts. It’s an art, and he’s good at it, and maybe it’s slightly unfair that it took the gimmick of mounting one over a piece of electroluminescent sheet for me to sit up and pay attention. Still, it looks great. Kudos, Ryan! [via Dude Craft]

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Best of the CRAFT Video: Papermaking with Lisa Jacobs

In case you missed it, watch Lisa Jacobs as she guides us through the process of making art papers. A member of Conspire Phoenix and an elementary school art teacher, Lisa’s a fun and clear instructor. We learned how to use recycled office paper as the base for art papers, to which we added colored […]

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Cooking Sous Vide “the DIY way”…

Cooking Sous Vide “the DIY way”…

Cooking Sous Vide the DIY Way @ Popular Science… Everyone’s talking about sous vide, the scientific cooking method that’s making its way from the lab to the home kitchen. The Sous Vide Supreme, which just hit stores, is the first turnkey sous vide setup for home cooks. But we DIY kitchen nerds haven’t been idly […]

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FabLab House: MIT cribs?

FabLab House: MIT cribs?

So apparently, MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms is in the housing biz. Recently they sponsored the FabLab House, a futuristic-looking concept house designed for the Solar Decathalon Europe. The FabLab House was designed as an ellipsoid structure prefabricated from wood that is formed into a rib-like structure. Although this specific house was designed for […]

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