Kristin of Craft Leftovers has been sharing some great tutorials and tips recently that are all related to her settling in to a new home. I’ve loved following her domestic fun, and especially enjoyed her post full of tips for using a clothesline to dry your clothes. She’s followed that helpful post up with a […]
This week in the CRAFT Flickr pool we saw: Greetings, programs! (Tron socks) by chris_wass, Baby Bok Choy by GoBuggyGo, FEMA blue tarp upcycled by MissMalaprop, and Scrapwood Shelves by Push The Other Button.
My new capacitor bank is finished! This bank holds 38x 4700uF and 2x 3300uF capacitors of 350V in parallel (total 0,1852 Farad). It can hold a maximum energy of about 11344 Joule. This bank is suitable for various electrical weapons and test setups, which include: rail gun, coil gun and ETC gun. The design is […]
When I was in New York recently, I had a chance to visit with the folks at Makerbot. Zach Hoeken is in charge of R & D for the project and had some interesting things to say about how he uses the Design Process on the Makerbot.
How Design features a great list for the Top 10 iOS Apps for Designers (iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch). I just downloaded What the Font (free) so I can now identify typefaces when I’m on the go simply by snapping a pic with my iPhone!
The Humane Reader is a low-cost device which can bring a five thousand book library into a home or school which has no other access to internet content. The Reader can be produced in quantity for approximately $20 per unit, and uses any existing television set as a display device for Wikipedia or other content. […]
Impressive collection of cargo bikes. Alan writes – …a report from the edges of human-powered conveyance, where pedal pushers are hauling car- and pickup-worthy loads on cargo bikes and trikes. The ingenuity evident across the Northwest and the world in finding practical, nonmotorized solutions to the daily challenges of urban mobility is heartening, even inspiring. […]
