Phone sniffs your breath to detect diseases… Applied Nanodetectors Ltd (AND) of the UK prototyped a mobile phone that can detect various diseases from user’s breath and exhibited it at the International Nanotechnology Exhibition & Conference (nano tech 2009). The handset was manufactured by Nokia Corp of Finland. AND is aiming to do businesses with […]
Today is the last day to register for Greener Gadgets in NYC! The MAKE crew will be there showing some green solutions, projects and the internet sensation Tweet-a-Watt!
I came across the Chez Pim blog from a Chronicle Books’ Tweet about it being rated #6 in The UK Times Online’s 50 of the world’s best food blogs. I took a clicky over to the blog and now I’m hooked. The beautiful food photos, the recipes, and her down-to-earth / humorous writing style of […]
Apartment Therapy NY is showcasing the best DIY headboard inspiration 2009 with lots of images of some beautiful headboards that you can easily make to transform the look of your bedroom. I love this one that’s actually a room divider with ginko wallpaper.
The Guardian’s Perri Lewis wrote a story about guerrilla knitter Magda Sayeg’s “yarn bombing” escapades in London. The 35-year-old from Texas is the founder of Knitta Please, one of the first guerrilla knitting crews. Sayeg started out decorating her local area with leftover pieces of knitting from unfinished projects. She soon got more ambitious, travelling […]
It’s all about pencil sharpeners lately…
After I wrote the Electronic Embroidery article for CRAFT, Vol. 9, I had readers emailing me asking where they could get their hands on small quantities of the supplies needed to embellish their wearables and wall hangings with light. The Sparkfun E-sewing kit is great if you want a whole spool of conductive thread, but […]
