DIY:Happy has a good round up of ways to do solvent transfers (pictured here one from a moleskine gallery)… – “Doing a solvent transfer is probably the quickest, easiest way to get an image onto a T-Shirt, Moleskine, or other surface. Like screen printing, the image is applied directly the surface. Unlike screen printing, this […]
MAKE pal Tom A. writes in with a bit of battery discussion regarding a recent (potential incident) with lithium batteries, he writes “Please check out (this PDF) especially the pictures of blown-up electronics. This report has some great pictures of what can go wrong with lithium batteries. Ordinary lithium batteries have 1/8 the energy density […]
Matthew Irvine Brown’s “Breath Control Car” project – ” This is a standard remote control toy car with a mouthpiece the player blows into to control steering. The car measures controlled change – blow gradually harder and it steers to the right; blow gradually softer and it steers to the left. At least 80% of […]
The MAKE/CRAFT team will be at the SF Giants Stitch N’ Pitch Game this Thursday. Doors open at 5:15pm and the game against the San Diego Padres will start at 7:15pm. I spent some of yesterday afternoon at the SF Giants offices helping them stuff tote bags for the giveaways. Here’s Alyze of the SF […]
It looks like some folks are getting development versions of the $100 laptop, MAKE Flickr photo pool member Curiouslee is working on a music project, he writes “At the time of this photo, about 150 boards have been seeded out to developers. This one was running a version of Barry Vercoe’s Csound which will conduct […]
Ok makers, here’s contest using some really neat looking material – “d3o is a specially engineered material with intelligent molecules that flow with you as you move, but on shock lock together to absorb impact energy. d3o is now offering you the opportunity to come up with new ideas of how to use this smart […]
Multiplayer Atari, using a giant joystick from artist Mary Flanagan… “Inviting users to play classic arcade games by collaboratively moving on and controlling a 9-foothigh joystick (modelled after the 1980 Atari 2600 one), Mary Flanagan highlights the spatial and social role of the interface. The joystick itself becomes a social sculpture and territory for inter-personal […]
