A clever Maker used a CD-ROM lens on a web camera to make a DIY digital microscope – Link & translated page. Related: QX5 Computer Microscope – Link. Turn a Mac into a microscope on the cheap – Link. The Paper Microscope – Link. 3D Video microscope – Link. Build your own digital microscope – […]
Spin to Knit is a new book due out in October by CRAFT friend and knitgrrl Shannon Okey. The book site has just launched and it’s filled with preview pages, a secret pals SWAP group, and a great free pattern to make Shannon’s Power Station Hat. We can’t wait to check out this book! Link.
Plans to build a sports car out of wood from Mechanix Illustrated 1956 “HOW would you like to own this snazzy-looking mahogany-paneled sports car? You can–and for less than $500 if you are the least bit handy with ordinary tools and not afraid to get your hands dirty. The entire chassis and body are made […]
Heidi Kenney of My Paper Crane can make bananas happy or sad, give life to toast and ice cream, and make you want to cuddle with your smores. This talented crafter was recently featured in a NY Times Magazine story on crafting as a business. She documents her work on her blog and sells her […]
Since June, I’ve been watching the whole production process of Karissa Cove’s “I heart to knit” bags. It’s been cool to see what happens in design and production to get a bunch of craft goods of the same item up for sale. She’s finally done with them all and you can get her handy tote […]
Scott writes – “Two Chicago Based artists, Tom Burtonwood and Holly Holmes, created this 3/4 size M1A2 Abrams tank out of cardboard and junk mail. You can find more information here” – Link.
Here’s a quickie – like peanut butter and chocolate, peas and carrots, sodium and chloride – homemade headphones and open source MP3 players go great together… Somehow I’ve managed to acquire boxes of cheap headphones, probably from airplanes or from some gadgets that came with them. You can get “safety headphones” at thrift stores, or […]
