Making a soft-circuit input device for your computer
Want to create a custom input device for your computer, that you can use to control an existing program?
Month: August 2010
Brandied Cocktail Cherries
While Brookelynn was visiting me in NYC recently, we made some brandied cocktail cherries to go with our Manhattan cocktails. Watch the CRAFT Video to learn how, and read on for the exact recipe and a great cocktail to serve with it! Subscribe to the CRAFT Podcast in iTunes, download the m4v video directly, or […]
Vote for the Ponoko/Sparkfun/GeekDad contest winner
Entries are now closed for our design competition in association with Ponoko and Sparkfun, but the competition isn’t over yet! We’ve selected our favourite 10 entries from the GeekDad Flickr pool and the comments left on the post, and now it’s up to you, the readers, to pick the overall winner. Have a look at […]
Mandala Record Clock
Forgive me for this obvious pun, but records have been getting a lot of play here on CRAFT. Of all the re-purposed record crafts I’ve seen lately, my favorite is this awesome hand painted clock. It’s clever and modern and delicate and cool. For the less skilled painters, I bet you could make one with […]
Hand-cranked spider automaton
This sculpture was created by artist Pete Simpson from the U.K. Most of his work seems to fall into the fantasy or steampunk labels, with darkly fantastic themes and a lot of gears! [Thanks, Dug.]
How To Be Alone
I was *so* tempted to title this “How-To: Be Alone,” but it’s a little too cheeky for this vid’s vibe. This lovely little narrative touches on the happiness of spending time with ones self, something our collective social norms generally fear and frown upon. Using quiet strumming and quirky animated line drawings, we get a […]
How-To: Heart Pin from a Straw
I remember making these at summer camp as a kid, it’s a heart pin/hairclip made from a drinking straw!
