Matti writes – “Artist Peter Geshwinds exhibition is a makers dream and/or nightmare! The whole space is packed full of improvised machines and mutated household items, they are all activated by sensors as you walk around.” – Link.
Jason writes “I’ve taken a basic “Solar Attic Fan” kit that many treehugger catalogs sell, and added a charge controller, battery, and thermostat to the mix to try and squeeze more fan time out of it. The charge controller is really the only special part. The thermostat is my old house thermostat: a classic mechanical […]
Katherine says, “My daughter Sara Gorman, age 7, will be demonstrating how to paint a silk scarf using the Direct Method which means she will paint on the silk directly without the use of any resist.” Link.
Peter writes “Homebrewers are going beyond standalone musical applications on game consoles to hacking next-gen mobile systems into full-featured MIDI/music controllers, wireless or wired. We’re watching the development of a new wireless Sony PSP control solution for MIDI, mousing, and even playing Ableton Live; a tracker and MIDI interface for the GP32; and a hacked […]
Pekar writes “Step by step instructions for converting you old gasoline Allis Chalmer’s “G” cultivating tractor into a smooth running, non-polluting, energy efficient, whirring and humming electric miracle worker that will seed and weed your fields for pennies a week -AND with even more power than the original gasoline version!” – Link.
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Cmpalmer writes – “Our bedroom TV went out a few months ago and the bedroom wasn’t laid out well to use our video projector, so I built a rear projection TV mounted to the foot of our four poster bed…” – Photos & Link.
Entries are coming in for the Etsy + CRAFT magazine contest. It’s been fun to see the different projects. Here on the left is a preview of one of 5 notecards you get with a recycled vintage skirt by supastarr and on the right is KiWiCuties beatiful CRAFT card. Keep the cool stuff coming gang! […]
