You can make a parabolic mirror from an old satellite TV dish, or a bathroom vanity mirror but that’s not fun. Making your own mirror allows you to get the exact curvature you need for whatever you might be burning, cooking or heating. It’s a fair amount of work, but the resulting energy the mirror […]
Nodal is a free OS X application which allows one to design their own note generating system – outputting data to any MIDI synthesizer software such as Garageband. – Nodal is a generative software application for composing music. It uses a novel method for the notation and playing of MIDI based music. This method is […]
BurdaStyle has a tutorial filled with great tips on how to sew curved hems.
On today’s BBtv, teen correspondent 5t311a demonstrates how to do basic screen printing. BBtv: HOWTO guerrilla t-shirt silkscreening with “5t311a”
Alex of Tinkerlog has done a new version of his very cool Firefly circuit. He writes: This is a remake of the fireflies which I did a year ago. I was always fascinated by the emergence of patterns. One I like most is the synchronization of hundreds or thousands of fireflies. First they flash randomly […]
Craftin’ Outlaws is happening this Saturday, August 16 from Noon to 7pm at BoMA (Bar of Modern Art) located at 583 East Broad Street in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Shop from over 60 vendors selling their handmade wares. Free swag bags will be given out to the first 100 people through the door so get there […]
Drzach & Suchy’s Shadow Casting Panels display one of multiple images in a single display surface determined by lighting position – The main observation underlying the concept of SCP is that the shadow cast by a physical object depends on the shape of the object and the direction of the illumination. This enables the control […]
