How-To: Use Old Markers For Dyeing
Rosi Jo shares how to use old markers as a way to dye all kinds of things from fibers to paper to salt. [via Creative Jewish Mom]
Month: July 2010
Funky-fresh 3D printing on an old HP 540
OK, so it looks fussy and maddeningly slow, but hey, proof o’ concept (circa 2008). It works! [Via Boing Boing] 3D Printing Demo
OpenCV for face detection on the iPhone
O’Reilly author Alasdair Allan (Learning iPhone Programming and the upcoming Programming iPhone Sensors) talked about using the OpenCV framework for face detection at OSCON in Portland, Oregon. In the video above, Mac Slocum interviews Alasdair from the expo floor of OSCON. For more information on Alasdair’s talk, check out his summary and slides.
CRAFT Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
This week in the CRAFT Flickr pool we saw: Super Mario Bros. Quilt by modernjax, Black & White Pebble Ring by Maria Apostolou, and Nautili by Danielleorama.
Helping young people excel by Steve Teeri
The Detroit Public Library’s HYPE Teen Center opened in 2008, as a place for young adults to have their own space within our main library. HYPE stands for “Helping Young People Excel,” and was submitted by one of our library teens in a naming contest for the center. Each day, teens come streaming in after […]
How it was made – Time lapse of guy “walking across America”
Mike “walks across America” from New York to San Francisco, part of some ad or something. Here’s a Google Map of his journey… He didn’t walk the entire distance but that’s not the interesting part, the behind the scenes video (above) has some neat tidbits on how you can make something like this too.
Monster NXT robot
This monster robot, according to the NXTStep, packs 9 NXT bricks controlling 16 Power Functions motors. Sweet!