Make it or break it, “They retool everyday items to build a better gadget” by Meredith Goldstein @ The Boston Globe… A profile of the Willoughby & Baltic hacker spaces (and a nice MAKE mention in there!)… SOMERVILLE – In the apartment space above the Subway sandwich shop on Elm Street, 15 hackers sat around […]
Liane sent in this fantastic site by Joshua Knuth, sculptor and taxidermist here’s a recent post about paint a specific type of fish… The animated gif shows the process. When you’re done checking it out, tour the portfolio – it’s amazing. This is my method of reproducing the colors and pattern of this species . […]
Brian writes- Using the VonHippel module and a simple c program compiled for the ARM, BUG can talk to the Arduino (in the picture, the USB cable and USB to serial chip on the breadboard are probably superfluous as the VonHippel has serial on it). Interesting and inevitable, an open source hardware project (Arduino) talking […]
The Natural Beauty Workshop teaches us how to make all-natural body powders, plus a quick-to-stitch fabric powder puff to apply it with.
There’s a new Bay Area hacker space, NoiseBridge, in the Mission District: We want to provide infrastructure and collaboration opportunities for people interested in programming, hardware hacking, physics, chemistry, mathematics, photography, security, robotics, all kinds of art, and, of course, technology. Through talks, workshops, and projects we encourage knowledge exchange, learning, and mentoring. As a […]
It’s no secret that I love HeatnBond, it’s a must-have for appliqué projects and is perfect for all kinds of no-sew fabric applications. But a lot of people don’t realize you can use it with paper, too! I found these simple paper and fabric binders (made by Russell + Hazel) at a local shop here […]
Christopher Chiappa worked with a chainsaw artist to create this 1:1 reproduction of a Honda Accord seat with brass-plated rockers. It’s totally amazing, and called the Chainsaw Rocker. More images and more of his work over at Cool Hunting. It’s on display at Moss Los Angeles.
