Year: 2009

How-To: LED Robot Embroidery

In this Threadbanger episode, learn to sew a simple circuit to create an embroidered robot with glowing LED eyes. Diana Eng shows you this project from her book, Fashion Geek. More: Fashion Hacking with Diana Eng on May 10th in Brooklyn, NY Checkin’ In: Fashion Nerd Diana Eng Electronic Embroidery – CRAFT Video Podcast Electronic […]

Finding the failure point

Finding the failure point

[Image from Futisaba] Earlier this week in Lilongwe, Malawi, some enterprising fellows loaded up a truck with rebar. Unfortunately, they did not properly assess the weight bearing capabilities of the roof of the lorry cab. They could have benefited from a bit of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis or FMEA after the mishap. There are […]

Make a day project

Make a day project

[Photo from Pauric on Flickr] MAKE Flickr pool member Pauric is treating himself to a nice birthday month of making. Day 4 of my effort to make a lasting ‘heirloom’ object everyday for a month; a wooden case for my keyboard to go with the design desk project For one month, starting on my birthday, […]

Drawing notes with water

Aaron ALAI’s interactive sound piece, titled Stochasticity, explores the contrasrt of imprecise human behavior against rigid techological systems – and it looks like fun too. When someone uses my art piece they are directly interacting with a very precise electronic tool. It produces musical tones based on the amount of resistance sensed in trails of […]

Tupperware Arcade Controls

Tinkerlog posted great instructions on how to create your own arcade controller and set it up with your favorite ROM. For all you emulation lovers who need that extra level of finesse, this will work with USB and MAME. Tinkerlog writes: HID stands for Human Interface Device class. Common devices of this class are keyboards, […]