Month: April 2008

Wi-Fi finder hacking

Wi-Fi finder hacking

The latest Phrack Magazine has a good article on Wi-Fi finder hacking… Christmas has passed, and in the cold weeks since we have already become bored with the shiny new toys Santa left us under the tree. Our only choice is to hack them! This article describes our successful attack on a popular wifi finder, […]

Recycled Blanket Bags

Tineke Beunders makes the Something Old, Something New bags from recycled woolen blankets. The only new addition is the wooden handle. Each bag is has a colorful cotton lining. Possible inspiration for your own bag creations? via Style Files. Related Recycled Blanket Rug

Refashioned Spring Cardigan

Lee Meredith on ThreadBanger started a web hunt for some refashioned cardigans and borrowed her favorite elements to create her own own original cardigan. Check out her favorites along with her creation. Related Blissed Out’s Refashioned Thrift Store Cardigan Sweet Sassafras’s Refashioned Cardigan

Electric click (prototype)

Electric click (prototype)

From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Recotana is at it again with another very cool MIDI/body interface. This time the user is stimulated by the MIDI signal via electrode interface – an interesting way of getting someone to ‘feel’ the rhythm! – Electric click on Flickr Related: Heartbeat MIDI controller

Twenty seven gears @ Maker Faire

Twenty seven gears @ Maker Faire

Benjamin Cowden makes machinery as art with some intriguing results – such as the above crank operated piece titled – Some People I Don’t Know. His work often represents human figures in organic material contrasting predominent gear apparatus resulting in – cool art toys! Check out his flash site for more examples. He’ll be showing […]

Precision puzzlemaking (or something like that) @ Maker Faire

Precision puzzlemaking (or something like that) @ Maker Faire

Lee’s handcrafted wooden puzzles are world renowned – and for good reason. Each piece shows his passion for geometric form and interactivity, easily doubling as conventional visual sculpture. Lee Krasnow is a full time puzzlemaker currently based out of San Francisco, California. Several years ago he downloaded Stewart Coffin’s Puzzling World of Polyhedral Dissections along […]