Ambidextrous drawing
Angie Chung draws simultaneously with both hands! [via Neatorama]
Month: July 2008
Programmable IR Receiver
Simerec’s SIS-2 programmable infrared receiver chip seems a quick solution for adding IR control to electronics projects – The SIS-2 monitors an IR receiver, and when a certain remote code is detected, an output pin will toggle. Two outputs are available and any code on any remote can be taught to the SIS-2. This makes […]
Soda Shop Quilt Pattern Download
Cherry House Quilts offers this cheerful quilt pattern called Soda Shop as a free PDF download. The quilt uses Cosmo Cricket’s Jitterbug fabrics from Andover Fabrics.
HOW TO – Make a Play Tent
Sew, Mama, Sew! shows us how to create this quick and simple summertime play tent for the kidlets, perfect for spending hours of fun on the lawn.
Crochet Cuff Pattern
Featured as a free pattern on Crochet Today is the Julie Cuff by Robin Chachula of Crochet by Faye. It’s from her new book, Blueprint Crochet which I can’t wait to check out! [ via Lime & Violet ] !
Tilted Twister solves Rubik’s cubes
Jason over at Haqckszine found the Tilted Twister, a LEGO NXT robot that can solve a Rubik’s Cube without the help of a PC. It’s really impressive to watch! Just place the scrambled cube on Tilted Twister’s turntable. An ultrasonic sensor detects its presence and starts to read the colors of the cube faces using […]
Display animations on the Monome with Shado
The Monome isn’t just good for input – it can be used as a display as well. shado is an open-source compositing and sprite library for the >>monome. It is written in Java, but designed to work seamlessly with a lightweight scripting language like Groovy or Python. We have assembled a number of demonstration programs […]
