I found my new favorite musical interface and it’s called the “Toriton Plus”. It’s a fairly simple concept that produces great results. A slightly more complex version of using a water surface as a music controller featuring five lasers instead of just the one. Please note that this is a prototype version, and as such […]
What do you do when you can’t find the right kind of film for you camera? Make it yourself, at least that is what “dark orange” decided to tackle. This is an incredible undertaking, and you need to have some very good technical skills to pull it off. I love his description of the process: […]
Flickr user Bloomize has been uploading some very cool photos of various Chinese knots to the CRAFT Flickr pool, and I had to share this one with you. Check out the Bloomize blog for more information about (and photos of) various knotting techniques.
I like the idea of using an EL panel for picture illumination, and I have another use for it. I need to take pictures of glass for an upcoming project and this would be a great solution for lighting the piece. To get really nice pictures of glass you have to light them from underneath. […]
Michael at Do Design DIY made a set of instructions for constructing this hand tool holder perfect for makers and crafters.
Tim writes in with a proposal for a collaborative remake – Saw this on engadget yesterday. I would like to find some other folks who would be interested in working on an open DIY version of this turbine. It looks like some airplane props and a motor. I’m sure there’s more to it than that, […]
Meredith writes in: BarCamp Boston happens this weekend in Cambridge, MA, and to do our part DorkbotBoston member Keith Hopper of Hopper Analytics will be hosting a free workshop on how easy it is to get up and running with the Arduino. And since many of the Arduino lovers will be at BarCamp, we’ll be […]
