Steppo is a children’s game where brightly colored wireless puzzle-piece-shaped stompable pads are rearranged to stomp out music and other scenarios. It was created as part of the Interaction Design Hands On Course at the Holon Institute of Technology in Israel. Their documentation is great. – [via] Link.
Phuong-Cac Nguyen at Cool Hunting writes about Paul Schmitt’s DIY skateboard program for kids: The skateboard industry veteran, who built a rep from his ’80s board company Schmitt Stix, launched the offshoot non-profit CreateASkate program few years ago, educating students in principles of math, art and–perhaps the most important of them all–hard work. Aspiring young […]
Fashion designer Ted Baker and Jam Design teamed up to create this amazing eco fabric garden for the 100% Design in London event. The hanging fabric vessels are actually reused lampshades! Read more about it at Inhabitat. Link.
Yet another Altoids tin inspired project. This time the “MintyMic” case includes a powered microphone and preamp with line-level outputs and adjustable gain control. Best of all the whole project comes as a kit, or you can get your own parts and follow the instructions on the site, or it can even be shipped pre-assembled […]
These line-following bots called “Gbots” also go by the culturally specific “Army of Darkness”. If you are confused and want to read more (link below), you might find out exactly how they got their name. GBot Wiki – Link
Here’s the first round of prizes for the DIY Halloween contest–we’ll post more as we update them! Grand prize: We’ll pick one lucky DIY Halloween maker and bring you out to Maker Faire (Bay Area, CA) in 2008! A 2 night hotel stay near the event and round trip airfare is included! You’ll be our […]
DD-WRT, the awesome open source router firmware, has a feature that will turn your router into a wireless client instead of an access point. In this configuration, a cheap 802.11 access point can be transformed into a wireless adapter that you can plug standard ethernet-bound devices into. This project will help you change a cheap […]
