The standard optical mouse contains all of the hardware necessary for tracking X/Y movement on a flat surface. With a bit of modification, you can tweak the illumination and focal length of the device to create a compact motion tracking module for your robotics projects. Mac A. Cody has done a really nice job of […]
I’m in Portland, OR right now getting ready to represent CRAFT at tomorrow’s “Super Colossal” handmade holiday fair, Crafty Wonderland. Naturally I had to sneak in some time to scope out all the cool craft boutiques and shops the city has to offer! So I was thrilled when my tourguides Susan Beal and Sister Diane […]
Artist Simone Rachel’s meat objects. I like the “water closet” and bicycle the most… [via] Link.
Lawrence Yao made an instructable for an origami boat figure that tells a story of a boy traveling on a boat while you fold it. Along the way to the final boat, there are four different figures the paper makes as you tell the story. My favorite part is the instruction to “make some floaty […]
Chara Michelle shows you how simple it is to make your own cloth napkins. Link.
REMINDER – The make:philly December meeting is this weekend! Brina Crabtree and Kelli Cain of Monome are coming in to talk about sustainable local manufacturing and the process of evolving a personal project into an international community exploration. They will also show documentation from their mechanical installation work, including an algorithmic networked egg-tapping drum machine. […]
The Monster and Friends Design Studio released a beta version of an iPhone camcorder app today. The hack’s author, drunknbass, was able to squeeze about 10fps out of the camera when capturing data at a 2 megapixel HD framesize. The current beta will do this for 5 seconds, but the author alludes to a future […]
