Soap Hand
This hand soap really is a hand made from soap, affixed to the shower wall. “One hand washes the other,” via Inspire me, now! More: Digital Soaps
Year: 2009
DIY & Maker Community Survey
Ben Shultz, a PhD student in Geography at the University of Tennessee, is conducting research on innovation and creativity in DIY and makers communities for his dissertation. The survey is completely anonymous and takes less than 10 minutes to complete. Ben says: In academics we have traditionally viewed innovation and creativity from the perspective of […]
Gakken synth guitar mod
YouTuber Startwave’s SX-150 guitar is rather excellent – a quick and terrible demonstration of my modded sx-150. i replaced the original slide thingy with a softpot from trossen robotics and i added an fsr (force sensitive resistor) to control volume or crazy resonance distortion (if the res is switched on). sounds nice, very expressive and […]
Mother/Daughter Craft Duo Learn From Each Other
For many of us, our crafty roots are set securely in our mother’s guidance and influence. Often it was our moms who inspired us to pick up a needle, paint brush, or bottle of glue and try our hands at crafting. In celebration of Mother’s Day, I’m profiling three of these mother/daughter crafty duos this […]
Energy auditing for greater efficiency
Almost 20 years ago, I moved into an apartment with electric heat. The landlord said that he would cut the rent during the winter months because it would be so expensive to keep the place going. When the electric bill arrived, I looked at all the fine print on it and noticed on the back […]
Knotless Netted Iceberg
This was my final project for my 3D fibers class taught by artist Jerry Bleem. It’s an iceberg, and I made it using a knotless netting technique and stiffened it over a cardboard form with fabric stiffener and acrylic paint. The sculpture is completed with a polar bear made out of ice (cast using a […]
Laser-cut LCD stand
Spotted on the MAKE Flickr pool: Mark Demers, of SpikenzieLabs, created this simple, handsome laser-cut LCD stand to interface (via I2C) with Arduino. He says he plans on adding some cabinet lighting, via LEDs, to make the etched labels near the buttons more visible. LCD Stands – Wood