CRAFT Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
This week in the CRAFT Flickr pool we saw: Darth Fairy by booturtle, Nested Components by funnypolynomial, Star Wars Death Star Birthday Cake by booturtle, and Protocheese by djwtwo.
Month: October 2010
How-To: Bloody Brain Cupcakes
Make these bloody brain cupcakes that will sure to leave your Halloween party guests saying both “Eww” and “Yum” at the same time. Featuring raspberry jam on top as the blood and marzipan brain baked inside, these cupcake treats are also fun for the little ghosts and goblins before the run off for a night […]
iPad-controlled, pole-mounted drum machines
Another cool Arduino/XBee project… 18 Darbuka drums and 36 robotic arms are controlled via wireless communication. Drum music is composed and played at a music sequencer on an iPad. The project was presented at the Bat-Yam international biennale of landscape urbanism, September 2010, as a part of the ‘Green to Blue’ ecological street project. During […]
Halloween contest on Thingiverse
MakerBot Industries is sponsoring a contest: the coolest 3d-printable design wins a spool of glow-in-the-dark ABS: The temperature is dropping, and so are the leaves. That can only mean one thing – Halloween is ominously looming. To get you in the spirit of the season, we want you to design Halloween things – anything ghoulish, […]
DIY Grocery Store Pumpkins
You know it’s Halloween when you see a box of grocery store pumpkins crafted by the staff at your local grocery store. Inspired to craft something for Halloween? Be sure to enter it in our CRAFT Halloween contest to win cool prizes. Costumes, decor, food – whatever you create for Halloween is welcome in the […]
How-To: Take in a Sweater
Suzannah of Adventures in Dressmaking shows you how to take in a boxy, shapeless sweater and give it just a touch of femininity with just a bit of sewing. The result is subtle, but much more flattering.
Open-source hardware – around the web
On Friday the new OSHW definition and overview drafts were posted, there are great discussions going on here’s a round up! Adafruit – Open-source hardware statement of principles and draft definition 0.4 Arduino blog – Open-source hardware statement of principles and definition. Bug Labs – Update Open Hardware Definition. MAKE Magazine – Open-source hardware statement […]