Eddie Ross shares how he pulled colors for an entire interior paint scheme from one tiny square of a quilt. The rest of the quilt provided inspiration for several paint palettes, and you can see the rest on his blog.
Using a standard webcam and some Americium 241 from a fire detector, Jared Bouck created a PC interface for visualizing alpha radiation. The basic idea behind this project is using the built in CCD in a USB web camera as a medium for alpha radiation to interact with. The result is a visual presentation of […]
“Return to DIY ethic erodes service businesses” @ NYTimes.com… A few months ago, as her family’s income fell, Laura French Spada, a real estate agent in Glen Rock, N.J., began dyeing her hair at home and washing the family cars herself. Her husband, Mark, started learning how to do electrical repairs. Susan Todoroff, a personal […]
Scrabble keyboard via Giz. Datamancer writes – This keyboard was commissioned by a couple of friends of mine from back east (NJ) who are avid Scrabble players. Most of the keys are made from real Scrabble tiles that were all hand-beveled (truly an exercise in patience/masochism!) and built onto a USB, clicky, mechanical-switch keyboard. This […]
Spotted in the CRAFT Flickr pool: Embroidered felt koi fish from merwing*littledear.
Craftster member Meekssandygirl has whipped up a whole slew of hilarious and cute crocheted potholders for her family and friends. There are a bunch more great potholders pictured at the source, but I think my faves are the popcorn, telephone and owl!
The very first moving picture machine was barely more than a hand-cranked circular flipbook, called a mutoscope. Jesse Breytenbach made her own and documented the elaborate creation of the wooden apparatus that holds the “movie” cylinder.
