Todd Lappin, MAKE contributor and current guest blogger on Dinosaurs and Robots, has a strange collection compulsion that I don’t share, but I can totally understand. He has a control panel fetish. Hey, now. Don’t judge. Everybody is wired differently. Todd just happens to be wired to toggle switches, panel lights, and needle gauges. And […]
Craftser user TheLoveCats stitched up this gorgeous Forties-inspired dress with some pattern drafting help from VintageSewing.info. She did a beautiful job!
Instructables user engineerable hacked a couple of bike lights to embed in his backpack, and he documented the process in an instructable so you can see how to make your own bike light backpack. Related: Bikes @ MAKE Turn signal bike jacket
Check out this carpet keyboard by Maurin Donneaud. It uses an Arduino board to gather input from the perforated foam contact switches which are activated by stepping on them! Via Ladyada AND Hack-a-day.
Flickr user Lilac Moon created these pretty reusable tea containers by gluing on some decorative paper and attaching rubber-stamped address labels. Simple yet so effective! [via Decor8]
Two German engineers have turned the Wii Balance Board into a computer input device for doing such things as flying over Google Earth and controlling avatars in Second Life. Fly in Google Earth using the Wii Balance Board [via]
JoAnn at Curbly has a nice how-to up on hemming your wooden shades to the right length for your windows with great photos to make sure you don’t miss a step.
