Fountain of Books
I love this sculpture, titled Biografías , by artist Alicia Martín using 5000 books, all biographies. It was on display recently in Córdoba, Spain.
Year: 2009
Recycled Catalog Dollhouse
Here’s a cute way to recycle all those home catalogs you get in the mail — turn them into a recycled catalog dollhouse. Find out how ot make one with the tutorial by Leanne from See the Woods and the Trees. [ via Inhabitots ]
In the Maker Shed: LED clock kits on sale now
As part of our Spring cleaning sale in the Maker Shed we are offering the no-solder LED clock kits at a great discount. Take your pick in either Red or Blue, they’re both a lot of fun to build. I posted a build a while back and have enjoyed the clock ever since. When they’re […]
RFID and Twitter tell where your cats are
Ioan Ghip made this tweeting cat door with an RFID reader and some keychain tags attached to his cats’ collars. The door only lets the cats in (not the neighbor cats) and tweets which one is going in or out, complete with a picture. (Thanks, Matt!)
In the Maker Shed: Spring cleaning sale 50-75% off select items
Okay, here’s the deal. We’ve a huge amount of new inventory arriving at the backdoor to our warehouse in anticipation of Maker Faire. The problem is, we share a warehouse with the rest of O’Reilly and we need to clear out space to make room for the new stuff. So…we’ve sharpened our pencils and for […]
Vintage Button Wedding Accessories
Lisa Jordan of Lil Fish Studios created a collection of beautiful vintage button accessories for a wedding, including button corsages, boutonnieres , and the brides maids and bride’s bouquet. The bride is having two ceremonies, one here in the US and one overseas so she’ll be able to use them in both. They’re made entirely […]
Spherical sequencer fit for the dancefloor
Bruce demos his blinky synthing sphere built with Arduino and dubbed ‘Diver’ – An Arduino sound project, Diver is an instrument inspired by old Analog Sequencers and Theremins. It allows creating a four-note looped melody which can be manipulated in real-time with knobs that can assign upto 5 octaves for each note. Each knob lights […]