If you are inspired by the use of everyday objects as art, then Scotch Brand wants to see your creativity come off the roll and into the art space. The Scotch Off the Roll Tape Sculpture Contest, sponsored by 3M, is inviting creative minds to submit photos of their unique tape sculpture — constructed from […]
Michelle Khine’s lab at UC Irvine couldn’t afford the $100K equipment to make microfluidic chips, a sheet of material with tiny channels used for certain diagnostic tests, so she made her own with Shrinky Dinks. From the MIT Technology Review: Racking her brain for a quick-and-dirty way to make microfluidic devices, Khine remembered her favorite […]
From Russian designer Vadim Kibardin. It’s pricey, of course, but I think all you’d need for a remake is a bunch of closet rod, a miter saw, some wood glue, and vast patience. [via Neatorama]
There’s a lot of crazy going on with the “OpenOffice” mouse we posted up earlier, turns out it’s not “authorized” but it did spark a lot conversations about mice with more than a couple buttons. Pictured above is the calculator mouse I picked up in Japan a few years ago a Tokyu Hands, I love […]
“Know It All No 2 Pencil Set” on Etsy, lovely.
I love the warm, rustic feel of these burlap placemats with freezer paper stencils on them from Courtney of Two Straight Lines for Book Hour Craft Projects. She points out that the process is simple enough to include your kids in helping, and warns that once you get a taste for freezer paper stenciling, you […]
As a special preview for our upcoming Alex Rider Dream Gadget Contest, we’re giving away two copies of Scorpia and Ark Angel by Anthony Horowitz, the fourth and fifth books in the Alex Rider series. Just leave a comment in this post and tell us why you or your kid(s) needs one of these […]
