Alittlestranger writes: Dust Bunnies love to hang out with you while you work on your computer and help you clean your screen with their noodly tentacle-y legs. They are very easy to make and make great gifts! I’ve included two patterns so you can make a bunny or an alien one. In addition to sharing […]
Here’s a great story in the Telegraph about an amateur stargazer who tricked out his garden shed in the U.K. and surprised professional astronomers around the world with his top-notch images.
The release of the TI Chronos development kit is exciting not only because it is a cool piece of hardware, but I expect to see many great projects that cleverly exploit the resources of the Chronos. This nifty hack wirelessly unlocks a door using the built-in accelerometer to detect coded taps on the watch. [via […]
This project, by designers Marcos Madia, Sergio Ohashi and Juan Manuel Pantano, explores the idea of a folding wind turbine. The artwork suggests the turbine could generate 600 watts, what do you think, O readers? [via Inhabitat] More: Tesla turbine from a CD disc pack DIY 1000 watt wind turbine HOW TO – Build your […]
During our Craft Spaces interviews, we posed a couple of questions relating to crafting on the go to our spotlighted crafters. One of the questions we asked was: How do you organize your craft space to allow for quick pick-up-and-go crafting? (Possibly for workshop teaching?) Find out the answers from the crafters we’ve profiled so […]
The latest crop of high-end DSLR cameras are capable of shooting beautiful video, however they can be difficult to use because they cannot autofocus while in movie mode.
This is rather last minute (the deadline is 5pm PST Monday), but it was just sent to us and we thought some of you might find it interesting: Seattle, WA + aLIVe: a Low-Impact Vehicle exhibition 4Culture is seeking ideas that will inspire and engage the broader community in a conversation about transportation. This opportunity […]
