Remember Tomas Henriques’ Double Slide Controller? The Meta-EWI is a sort of ancestor to that device. Based around an Akai EWI breath controller, the Meta adds four force-sensitive resistors, an accelerometer, joystick and 16 tactile switches. The add-on structure is also removable and can be used as a standalone interface. More pics and a deeper […]
Competitive lockpicking growing in US popularity @ Boston.com. Based on what I’ve seen it’s true, more people want to learn how to pick locks just for fun and more events have lock picking sessions and workshops – While lockpickers thrive on the intellectual thrill of beating all sorts of locks, they oppose attempts to use […]
Here is our weekly listing of upcoming craft fairs. This weekend is Maker Faire Detroit! If you are in the area, you should definitely check it out. Please add any events you know of to our online calendar, and if you have a call for vendors you’d like listed, please . Click on “Read full […]
I’m at the Henry Ford Museum, behind the scenes of this weekend’s Maker Faire Detroit. This is the nerve center of the entire operation. It’s hard to believe that a team with fewer than 12 core players can create an event with more than 260 makers. Current tasks include coordinating the needs of each and […]
I am an Industrial Designer living in Southfield where I share my life with two beautiful children. I’m not originally from Michigan. I moved here after graduating from Pratt in 1990 to work as an Industrial Designer in the automotive industry. For my first job, I interned at Ford, in the “Color and Trim” department, […]
Michigan machinist GarE Maxton makes many different types of interlocking solid puzzles of this type, but this one, which is he calls Intimidator, is his masterpiece. Starting the disassembly process requires a special key. Once diassembled, about 20 of the pieces can be recombined to make a functioning single-shot pistol. Other parts of the puzzle separately and securely store “a customized set of tools, all necessary hardware, 45 caliber bullets, a standard sight, a laser sight, a cannister containing black powder pellets, a secure storage area for 209 shotgun primers, a spent primer removal tool and a ramrod for loading the bullets.”
By Katie Goodman Last week Natalie, CRAFT’s Editor-in-Chief, was telling me that she feels like she always just ends up steaming broccoli or green beans to go as a vegetable side with her meal. “Is there an interesting way to spruce up veggies or whatnot as a side dish?” I thought this would be a […]
