Last month, I posted about the beautiful stitched art on the album cover of Lisa Hannigan’s Sea Sew. She’s included more craftiness in her video for “I don’t know” with some amazing paper cutting. The complete work is revealed in the last seconds of the video, so stick around to see it all! Thanks, Jamie!
Gareth used Arduino + MotorShield to create Puff – the Magical Firefighting Dragon! Puff is able to Put out Fires – He Scans his Head to find the Flames – he orientates towards the Flame – and Blows it out. If he fails to blow out the Fire within 2 sweeps then the “PANIC” mode […]
GetLoFi points out this rather mighty specimen of circuit bending – The Speak n’ Spellbinder fuses a Rock Band guitar controller with (of course) a Speak and Spell and supporting switches, pots, and pushbuttons – resulting in a plastic speech axe complete with tone triggers, pitch contol, whammy bar and more. The ‘binder’s creator, AJ […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool Matt created this delicate window sill sculpture from a solar garden light, twigs, and hot glue – My little solar sculpture lives on the sill and winks to life for just and hour or so, right after the sun sets following a sunny day. Then it slowly fades, flickers, and […]
Fascinating little piece (no dollhouse puns intended) on the Ponoko blog: Mass customization and rapid manufacturing are still considered to be in the early stages of popular usage, but there’s at least one hobby that has embraced both from the beginning. Think Victorian architecture, painted lady grilles, miniature side chairs, and tiny four poster beds. […]
I managed not to screw up the second part of Episode #005 (finishing up our conversation with Tom Igoe) and it went off without a hitch. Audio is still problematic and I’m not sure we’re going to be able to do much about it. We’re at the mercy of whatever phone tech our guests call […]
What to do with all of those street corner news boxes and video drop boxes that are suddenly in great supply? Seems like the piece we published in MAKE, Volume 10 struck a nerve and inspired several sites to round up other potential uses. Like: A cool casemod. An aquarium: You’ll have the most unique […]
