With no new song downloads for Guitar Hero on the Wii (as of yet), what to do with that controller once all that ‘rawk’ has grown tired? Jason writes – This posting describes a project in which the author gets an Arduino reading input from a Wii Guitar Hero guitar. Included is a function library […]
In case you’ve been waiting to take peek under the hood of an Eye-Fi wireless memory card – I know it’s tempting to have a look inside all the gadgets and gizmos that help and hinder our daily lives, but this often comes at a cost – the danger of breaking something you’ve paid good […]
Megan at My Plum Pudding has a great idea for a craft project to do with your kids that could actually lead to them eating the healthy food they should: help them make custom labels for fun seasonings and extras for their food like wheat germ, sesame seeds, and other goodies that make vegetables and […]
Cool paper animation. As in analog paper animation, dead tree edition. No Photoshopping. The artist, Javan Ivey, considers computers “dirty cheaters” in this context (and demonstrates an example of “faked” paper cut animation). My Paper Mind [Thanks, Patti!]
Sister Diane at CraftyPod shows you how to create a nicely textured handwoven greeting card using thread and yarn. Handwoven Card How-To
Planetarium makers do awesome work, even building “home-domes” for exhibition – The Home Planetarium Association welcomes all those who build small planetariums for home, school, museum, or other personal use. A quarterly newsletter is produced; This includes collecting toy planetaria, operating older or small professional units, or just fondly remembering childhood trips to planetariums around […]
From the artists’ statement of purpose: The idea of using LED fixtures with artwork has been explored in a variety of settings, but is still a fairly new area of art exploration. In the recent past, the improved availability of RGB (red, green, and blue) LED light fixtures has made creating LED based artwork much […]
