Our pals over at simplifiedbuilding re-made their coffee table, here’s how, from the MAKE Instructables group… – “A couple of years ago we were in IKEA and saw a coffee table for around fifty dollars. Who could pass up such a deal. Well, after two toddlers and people who like to put their feet on […]
Natalia says, “The DIY Trunk Show is an annual event that brings the best of the Chicago area’s alternative craft community to the people.” Looks like a super fun event. There’s crafts you can buy, workshops you can take, yummy food, and a raffle! Don’t miss it! Link.
MAKE is contributing a few posts to the Holiday Gadget Guide for FM, we thought we’d be different and show kits and things you can build yourself… The first, is our MP3 player – Wouldn’t it be great to actually own your music player? Like really own it? Building it from the ground up and […]
Windell writes – “Turn off that television in classic style! Here we show you how to hack a TV-B-Gone into the case of a vintage television remote control, such that the original on/off button instead activates the TV-B-Gone. We also modify the power supply so that it runs off of a regular 9 V battery, […]
Here’s a great interview with textile designer and CRAFT friend, Lotta Jansdotter. Look for a CRAFT interview with her sometime early next year. For now read this great story about her design and products. [ via ] Link.
While some of this week around the tech sites has been devoted to “unpacking” shots of the Wii, PS3, Zune and other gadgets – the OLPC folks had an unpacking party of their own – the first 10 laptops for the One Laptop Per Child arrived and the team took photos – [via] – Link […]
This is awesome, these little electronic coconuts call the airlines when the noise is too loud… – “Tripwire is a site-specific installation responding to the unique relationship between the Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport and downtown San Jose, CA. Custom-built sensors hidden inside coconuts are hung from trees at several public locations to […]
