Month: March 2009

CRAFT Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup

This week in the CRAFT Flickr pool we saw: Lynette Andreasen’s latest work is this silver platter with embroidery called Trace. User PoPkO! made these custom butterfly wing locket necklaces for a wedding party. User joannetracydesigns made this thank you keychain with braille, too! User buildmakecraftbake made this greeting card from an old floppy disk.

IdeaBlob cultivates projects

Ideablob has a collection of projects that users of their system have submitted to a user response contest to win funding. Here is a quote from their About Us page: ideablob.com is where entrepreneurs and small business owners can share and grow their business ideas – and have a chance to win $10,000 towards fulfilling […]

MAKE Flickr pool weekly roundup

MAKE Flickr pool weekly roundup

From the MAKE Flickr pool Laser sundial [above, bottom-left] How-To: Sample sequencer w/ Meggy Jr. + Arduino WaveShield DIY photobooth looks classic LED badge hacking MIDI control panel based on Arduino with a personal touch [above, bottom-right] Trumpet Hero mod [above, top-right] Keeping time with ChronoDot [above, top-left]

LEGO NXT 3D scanner

LEGO NXT 3D scanner

LEGO hacker Philo Hurbain needed a way to model some of the more complex LEGO parts for use in the LDraw LEGO CAD program. Most LEGO parts are easy to model, but something like the tiny LEGO frog, shown above, is a little more tricky. Philo’s solution: a 3D scanner made entirely of LEGO, save […]