Here’s an excellent tutorial that’ll show you how to build and program a bike computer using a PIC and a homemade PCB, all from scratch using free tools: The bulk of the article that follows is to try and take the mystique out of the many steps involved in going from an idea to a […]
Day 2 of BENT is bending hard – Tonight’s acts include: 7:00 Aimee Norwich (NYC) 7:45 Computer at Sea (Maine) 8:30 EraSer (Italy) 9:15 Emilie Mouchous (Montreal) Erin Sexton (Montreal) 10:00 casperelectronics 10:45 Dr. Rek (Japan) 11:30 Roth Mobot (Distance Performance) (Chicago) If you’re in NYC stop by tonight (going on until 1am) or pop […]
How to create a temperature controller for a CPU cooling fan (or similar cooling fan for other electronics) only a few bucks and a handful of parts. Build yourself a fan temperature control [via]
Juliette from Chickpea Sewing Studio has a new pattern up at The Sewing Republic which shows you how to make these ric-rac trimmed “roller coasters“. This would be a great project to use up fun scraps of fabric you can’t bear to part with.
This installation titled Project OR by architect Christoph Klemmt and designers Ran Ankori, Francesco Brenta, Maya Carni, Laura Micalizzi and Elisa Oddone is made of a photoreactive material that lights up green and blue when exposed to sunlight. It also casts shadows on the walls and makes an engaging space in an Italian courtyard on […]
Feeling Stitchy has posted a great interview with crafter Gina from Doe-C-Doe. Check it out for some gorgeous eye candy and insights into this clever crafter’s inspirations.
Dug writes – The Sands Mechanical Museum has a section of their site called “Mechanisms Explained” in which they have documented, photographed, animated, and described how a variety of arcade machine mechanisms work. A great references source. Neat little animations reveal the seldom seen inner-works, interesting stuff – Sands Mechanical Museum [via Dug’s blog]
