Month: March 2009

One day chair challenge…

One day chair challenge…

.: oomlout :.: One Day Chair Challenge Result? Success.… The chair is complete. What started this morning as as an idea and progressed through computer drawings, and scale models has this afternoon materialized into an honest to goodness chair. The result is admittedly not a design classic, but what we have learned during its design […]

Greener Gadgets 2009: THE WINNERS!

Greener Gadgets 2009: THE WINNERS!

Full list! – Greener Gadgets 2009: THE WINNERS! It was a roller-coaster ride of a panel discussion at the Live Greener Gadgets Design Competition Judging at the close of Friday’s Greener Gadgets Conference in New York City. After a 10-minute overview of some of the notable entries by moderator Allan Chochinov from Core77, the judges–Jeff […]

CRAFT Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup

Here are some finds this week from the CRAFT Flickr pool: Novy made this crochet guillotine. Amanda Siska and her husband in Portland, OR etched this glassware with mustaches so you look like you have one when you drink from it! Matthew Nicholson, a designer in the UK, made this card and paper installation. Alicia […]

Weekly CRAFT recap

Weekly CRAFT recap

Here are some of my favorite posts from the CRAFT blog this week: Fabric Klein Bottle Cross-Stitch Your Favorite Physicist Checkin In: Green Girl Wendy Tremayne Scissor Buddha And this week’s CRAFT Video is Paper Making with Lisa Jacobs: At the last Phoenix DIY meeting, Lisa Jacobs ran a paper making workshop. We learned how […]

Pool Racing with Pololu

This Pool Racer project is built on the 3pi. The Pololu 3pi robot is a complete, high-performance mobile platform featuring two micro metal gearmotors, five reflectance sensors, an 8×2 character LCD, a buzzer, and three user pushbuttons, all connected to a C-programmable ATmega168 microcontroller. Capable of speeds exceeding 3 feet per second, 3pi is a […]