HOW TO – Insert a Concealed Top Edge Bag Zipper
Lisa at U-Handblog has an easy tutorial on how to sew a concealed top edge bag zipper which makes your bag have a more boxy opening and looks more professional overall.
Month: August 2008
The Crabfu Challenge
Our pal I-Wei Huang, of Crabfu Steamworks, has issued a challenge on the Trossen Robotics Forums. It’s a contest, judged my I-Wei, to find the most “characterful” robot. He writes: To bring a bunch of hardware the illusion of life and character. This is NOT about AI or fancy software or hardware. It’s not to […]
Baked Eggs
I’ve had an interesting problem recently where my stove cooktop is broken, so I’ve had to get creative with oven and microwave dishes. In the course of my research online, I came across two great recipes for baked eggs. It’s a very forgiving dish, so you can use pretty much whatever you’ve got in the […]
Dorkbot Austin: Call For Presenters
If you’re in, around, or looking for an excuse to visit the Austin area, here it is: people doing strange things with electricity with Tex-Mex. image courtesy Douglas Filiak Dorkbot Austin is now seeking makers to present at our monthly meetings. Past presenters have included: ArcAttack! and their Singing Tesla Coils The Robot Group’s Mechanical […]
Handbag project integrates live video and sound broadcasting
”Baglady 2.0″ is a performance piece that integrates a normal handbag with an antenna and embedded board that enables live, wireless sound, text, and video broadcasting. The bag also integrates GPS to integrate the location of the broadcast into the mix. The intention of the project is to “explore how the mediations of public and […]
Billboard made of dice will increase your chances of seeing it
This bus stop billboard ad spotted in Australia was made using 7,563 individual pieces of dice turned into pixels to form a giant face. Although it probably would have been a lot easier just to print this image, we like the idea of using dice as perhaps a way of increasing the “chances” you’ll get […]
NASA image web app for iPhone
Todd Barnes at Toughturtle has some interesting web apps for the iPhone, including the often breathtaking Nasa Image of the Day.