X-ray plates as record duplication in 1950’s USSR
CatmullRom says, “An interesting story about using old x-ray plates to copy records in the USSR back in the 1950s.” Link.
Month: August 2006
Fabric Tales – Japanese Fabrics Gallery
The online Japanese fabric store called Fabric Tales has a great gallery featuring user submissions of projects featuring the Japanese fabrics bought at the store. Pictured left is handmade dog collars made by Jacqueline Broussard and right is a Blythe doll “Pura-chan” in a Japanese kimono made by Ryoko. It’s fun to browse through all […]
Standup mobile desk and cat bunk bed on wheels
Merle says, “I like getting things done standing up and moving around. So, I repurposed the rolling cat house. When Fezzle saw me making changes, he jumped in to make sure I wouldn’t remove his basket. He saw me eyeing that space. So, I can truely say that he helped design this desk. Now he […]
HOW TO – Make a Spinner
An Arkanoid spinner made with recycled parts . See here also for a detailed guide on how to build a startrek like pushbutton. Link.
HOW TO – Make paper beads
Natasha Fialkov has a great tutorial on making cool looking paper beads which I found through Whip Up. I love the variety of paper used from origami papers or old books. The patterns created are quite unique and colorful. [ via ] Link.
C64 USB keyboard
Mikkel says, “The C64 USB keyboard connectos to a PC and is detected as a USB HID device. It uses Objective Development’s AVR-USB firmware only driver on an Atmel ATmega8. The microcontroller takes care of scanning the keyboard matrix of an old Commodore 64 “breadbox” and debouncing and converting keypresses to USB HID reports. Should […]
HOW TO – Make keychains
Creative Little Daisy has a great tutorial on how to make super easy keychains like the ones above. Link.