How a Differential Gear Works
Wonderful industrial film from the 1930s showing how a car’s differential gear works.
Year: 2009
Inflatable buttons
Folks at Carnegie Mellon are developing displays with inflatable buttons to make for a tactile touch screen. The video has got to be seen to be believed. Via Core77.
Heirloom technology: Yazd’s windcatchers
When I visited the 3000-year-old city of Yazd, Iran, the old school technology I was most fascinated by is the windcatcher. Seen atop many a building in this arid city with an annual rainfall of 2.4 inches and summer temps frequently pushing 104°F, these towers are the predecessors to the swamp cooler.
Quilting Tip: Take a Digital Photo of Patches
Here’s a great quilting tip sent to us by Rhonda of Joyce’s Daughter. Take a photo of your patchwork blocks before you start sewing so you can remember the order of your patches and rows.
Cardboard Tube Chandelier and Huge Chandelier Roundup
Instructables user wvillrachel found some cardboard tubes and decided to turn them into a chandelier. She chose decorative cables to light sockets to integrate the bulbs. More Chandeliers: Two Recycled Chandeliers How-To: Recycled Glass Garden Chandelier Embroidery Hoop Chandelier Milk Jug Chandelier HOW TO – Make a Packing Peanut Chandelier Spoon Chandelier How-To: Tree Branch […]
Age-Appropriate Hand Sewing Projects For Kids
It’s hand sewing month over at Sew, Mama, Sew! and I love today’s post about age-appropriate hand sewing projects for kids. They’ve details various projects for ages 1 to 4 and up, and it’s great proof that it’s almost never too early to start kids hand sewing!
Grocery getter bike project
Via Mister Jalopy and Dinosaurs and Robots (by way of Lenore Edman’s Twitter feed) comes this amazing bike project to create a cargo bike that actually comes apart so you can take the front assembly and basket into the store. Ingenious. And the build is well documented. Grocery Getter Contest Submission