At Maker Faire Austin Oct 20-21, the California Cars Initiative will sponsor an open source Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) “Conversion Demonstration”. PHEV conversions to Toyota Prius hybrids add an additional battery pack that can be plugged in at night so that the electric energy is used to displace gasoline to get over 100 miles […]
At Maker Faire Austin Oct 20-21, the California Cars Initiative will sponsor an open source Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) “Conversion Demonstration”. PHEV conversions to Toyota Prius hybrids add an additional battery pack that can be plugged in at night so that the electric energy is used to displace gasoline to get over 100 miles […]
Using an old mouse and a 3/32″ stereo jack, Dave Schlier hacked together a nice little shutter release for many Pentax and Canon cameras. One mouse button is used to trigger the half-pressed autofocus mode, and the other triggers the shutter to take a photo. It will work on Pentax and some Cannon cameras that […]
Did you get a chance to learn how to make your own walkman theremin this weekend? Make sure to check it out and subscribe to get all of them downloaded automatically! Watch the video – Link Read the pdf – Link Subscribe in iTunes – Link
Like many people who grew up in the glory days of home computing, I spent a lot of my high school and college years playing the Ultima series of games. The series stood out in a lot of ways, but one of the most memorable things about it was that the creator of the series, […]
Here are some of my favorite posts from the CRAFT blog this week: Scientific Decorating – Link. DIY Magazine Rack – Link. The Bored Jacket – Link. Decorating with Maps – Link. DIY Wine Crate Displays – Link.
While touring around Phoenix’s First Friday yesterday (a monthly art walk), I came across these collages by Ami Minnick. She uses vintage cards and ads from the ’40s-’60s to make these very precise and attractive collages. She doesn’t have a website; if you have any more information, post it in the comments! Larger photo available […]
