Wool Cloche Hat
Etsy seller, Liza Rietz, makes these lady-like wool cloche hats. I have a tendency to buy more hats than I can wear and this one is definitely calling my name. [via] Link.
Year: 2007
A free view of the world — OpenAerialMap
David writes – I thought you guys might be interested in putting up some balloons or kites and adding some open-source aerial data. You may also want to have a look at openstreetmap.org (which can overlay the aerial images) which is going to have full (10-year old) open-source/public-domain mapping coverage of the US sometime next […]
MAKE – Metro @ PULSTV
Here’s Bre on an Austrian TV show talking about the new TV-B-Gone kit we have in the Maker store- Link.
Bust Holiday Craftacular in NY this Saturday, Dec 8
The Bust Holiday Craftacular is happening this Saturday in NY at The Metropolitan Pavillion (125 West 18th Street) from 10am to 8pm. Shop from over 200 vendors and get a book signed by Amy Sedaris, author of I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence. For more info, visit the Bust site. Link.
Lab-on-a-Chip with Shrinky Dink and toaster oven
Dox sent in this article from Wired Science about this “lab on a chip” – A young professor has used her favorite childhood toy, a laser printer, and a toaster oven to make microfluidic devices – tiny computer chips with plumbing that are usually fabricated in multimillion dollar labs. When she began working at the […]
Myvu Solo goggles take apart…
EETimes tool apart and fully documented Myvu Solo goggles – Virtual display glasses are nothing new (we analyzed one of the first, from Olympus, over a decade ago), but improvements have slimmed the package considerably and brought costs to levels more simpatico with consumer budgets. At $199, Myvu’s Solo brings iPod video viewing front and […]
Spiral Star art made in Excel
Excel for artists… – Sometimes, you don’t need complicated stuff to get beautiful images. Sometimes it’s easily done. Today’s Math Art was generated on Microsoft Excel. Yes, you read that right. Microsoft Excel…. Remember those spirographs that you played with when you were a kid? If you’ve ever drawn using a spirograph, you’ve drawn a […]