Stijn Ossevoort designed this dress, called Flare, which is embellished with wind-sensitive electronic dandelions. I wish there were a video of it in action, or some more information on how the dress is sensing air movement! [via Fashioning Technology]
In our house, preparations for the Thanksgiving meal are already underway. Groceries have been purchased, and a schedule for cooking and baking is in place. As the hustle and bustle in the kitchen commences, we have the oppotunity to pause and take a moment to think of our friends and neighbors. The National Tie One […]
Charles Pax is working on a new MakerBot extruder he’s aptly calling the Paxtruder. It makes it super easy to change out the plastic filament, and can even be butted up against another one of itself for potential support material extrusion one day. Check out the plans on Thingiverse.
From the MAKE Flickr pool Flickr member Giant Eye created a handcuff mechanism with his Makerbot Cupcake CNC – 3d printers are incredibly boss, cool, fantastic, and other words that mean they make me tingle. I designed these handcuffs (okay I’ve only printed one out at the moment) using only fdm printable parts. Nice work! […]
usbddr is firmware for the Atmel ATMega8 which implements a usb controller (“dance pad”) for games such as stepmania. In contrast to other homebrew dance pads, it uses capacitive sensing, eliminating mechanical wear and allowing adjustable sensitivity
Sean @ MAKE points us to this amazing video of an origami master making a lifelike mushroom from one piece of paper.
I’m not sure if this isn’t more rightly called “paper sculpture” than origami. True it uses only one sheet of paper and there are no cuts, but, well…watch the video and you’ll see what I mean. Besides getting to see the mushrooms themselves, which are almost photo-realistic, it’s worth it to see how a master with 20 years of experience moves his hands. [via Boing Boing]
