Year: 2009

Crooked Coasters

The Long Thread has a tutorial on how to make these crooked coasters. I love the look of these and can imagine it with different colors of thread as well. There’s a certain satisfaction of sewing back and forth, and back and forth, and back and forth…you get the jist here. Thanks Sarah!

Steerable plumbing tube sled

Steerable plumbing tube sled

From across the pond, Instructables user AndyGadget designed a sled (or sledge) made from pvc tubing: We have a couple of the cheap plastic sledges which are pretty fast, but not at all steerable and break easily. I wanted a sledge which was strong, steerable and fast. I chose the waste pipe to give a […]

Art-record animates with a kit

Art-record animates with a kit

Now here’s a good example of musicians adding value to their tangible music release – Jari writes in regarding the new record from the band Shogun Kunitoki. The custom record features printed art that deisplays an animation when lit by the accompanying 555/LED owl kit, otherwise known as “Mystical Shogun Kunitoki Strobe Light” of course. […]

Dev blocks for modular breadboarding

Dev blocks for modular breadboarding

Flickr member Kitty’s Pictures shares these shots of her homebrew develeopment blocks. Who can resist an array of mini-modularity? uC prototyping blocks, aka “Dev Blocks.” These are small single component boards that are ready to plug into a breadboard. Here the connectors are interlocked. From left to right: Piezo element Bi-color LED (red/green) x2 SPST, […]