Cool Tool: Shredding Scissors
Mister Jalopy tips us off to these crazy new scissors from The Container Store, which are like having not three, not four, but FIVE scissors in one!
Year: 2008
Android hack – a smarter garage door opener
Brad Fitzpatrick created a garage door application for his G1 Android-based Google Phone. This would be noteworthy enough, but the interesting thing about Brad’s hack is that it opens the garage door automatically as he approaches his home. I got it all working. I now have an Android Activity (GarageDoorActivity) which interacts with an Android […]
HOW TO – fabric buttons
Hannah Perner-Wilson has a few new instructables up, my favorite of which is this one on making neoprene fabric buttons. She fuses conductive fabric on either side of a perforated membrane, making completely soft interface objects.
Luv-able + Hug-able Show Opening
It’s the time of year for the Luv-able + Hug-able plush show at Gallery Hanahou. The show features plushes hand made by over 30 artists and crafters from all over the world including some of our favorites like Kup Kup Land, Anna Hrachovec and Blythe Church. If you are in New York, it is definitely […]
Google voice search for the iPhone
I tried out Google’s new voice search for the iPhone – it worked perfectly first try and all the other tries – I was wondering if it would be faster than typing for some things, and it is – so I’m going to likely use this for a bit until something better comes along or […]
Cutlist generator
Here’s an older computer program I hadn’t seen until today: Cutlist Generator figures out how to make most efficient use of your wood based on the measurements of your pieces. Windows only, but it’s free! I can’t imagine it would be that hard to port to a web app… Via Core77.
Alarm clock shades – Automatic window shades
Automatic window shades, Anupam writes- It is nice to wake up from natural sunlight (instead of being jarred awake by a loud buzzer). While there are alarm clocks out there that do this with an artificial lamp, I thought it would be cooler and much cheaper to make my own. Also, instead using artificial light, […]
