I’m not always all about the NXT, there are just several cool contests going right now, this one from LEGO: NXT NXT…? Are you seeing double? Yes! We are presenting a doubly fun building challenge where you create a robot that uses 2 NXT bricks! We are also giving you double the amount of time […]
Autumn at Crafting a Green World shows you how to use a paper grocery bag and recycle it into an eco-friendly brown paper seed packet business card.
Looking around the Craft Flickr pool, I came across this boombox softie by .tankeXsomethingtosa y. Sometimes it is nice to kick it old school with your softies. Related: • Fabric Boombox • Boombox Quilt
Jen at PieKnits posted some instructions for reupholstery using her handy heavy duty staple gun. She bought a new settee with so so fabric and made it look completely different. From the pages of CRAFT: 07: “101: Upholstery,” by Ashley Jameson Eriksmoen, pgs 132-137. Preview the article now in the Digital Edition. Subscribe to CRAFT […]
This giant digital overhead clock by Realities:United and titled “Contemporary Architecture” was commissioned by NYC gallery, Artists Space and showed time overhead in a big way as well as provided room lighting. Check out the time-lapse video link below to see how it worked. Contemporary Architecture Video
This traffic signal design from 1936 by Charles Marshall (called the “Marshalite”) was used in Australia for about 30 years and utilized 2 motorized rotors to point at colored sections of red, green, and yellow for the corresponding result. Using the standard clock face metaphor, the displays showed “signal phase timing” clearly on their faces. […]
Sparky the art-robot responds to air quality, movement, and touch by collapsing his body in relative amounts – indicating quality of environment. Sparking responds negatively to: carbon monoxide, cigarette smoke, alcohol, too much dark lighting, hitting and yelling. Any of the above factors (depending on severity) makes Sparky drop it’s head and tail, whimper, and […]
