CRAFT weekly recap
This week on the CRAFT blog we saw: Victoria Altepeter’s Metalwork Show CRAFT Recipe: Moussaka How-To: Mend Broken Jewelry Plush Knee Complete!
Year: 2009
CRAFT Video: LilyPad Arduino 101
Get started with the LilyPad Arduino! It’s a sewable microcontroller that lets you embed lights, sounds, sensors, and much more into your wearables, perfect for clothing and accessories. In this video I’ll show you how to attach the LilyPad and power supply to each other, and upload a basic program that blinks an LED. You […]
How-To: Fix Broken Eyeshadow
I’ve dropped my makeup so many times in the bathroom, I had no idea I could save it. Thanks to the The Beauty Stop’s fantastic tip on how to fix a broken eyeshadow, you can now even mend your makeup!
MAKE Flickr pool weekly roundup
From the MAKE Flickr pool Self-immolating wood oven OSC library for Arduino [above, bottom-right] All-in-one mint tin watercolor kit [above, top-left] Gakken synth bending + theremin control [above, bottom-left] DIY capacitive touchpad [above, top-left]
Wonder Wheel and other experimental Google features
Google Blogoscoped posted a chunk of Javascript last week that unlocks a few experimental features in Google Search. The features are being pushed to a trial group, but the Javascript will add a cookie that allows anyone to participate. I just got around to playing with the “Wonder Wheel” search view. It’s a small graphical […]
Solar joule thief cell charger
Photo from Petmar0 on Flickr Pete responded in the comments to the the call for designs in the Rural Celly Charger article on Saturday. How about connecting a joule-thief circuit (DC-DC upconverter) to a cap on one side and a small solar cell (like the ones in calculators) on the other? You pull off of […]
Heather Ross on Vintage Sewing Machines
Cathy Callahan talks with Heather Ross on vintage sewing machines. Cathy writes: i complimented heather on her choice of sewing machine and she proceeded to tell me the most fascinating story about them. she then went on to tell me all about her grandfather’s time as a singer sewing machine rep. you know i’m a […]