Lego flame
Flickr user Cole Blaq‘s Lego flames use florescent and transparent elements to give the illusion of fire without resorting to backlighting. [via brothers-brick.com]
Year: 2010
Johnnolanfilms animatronics
Good morning! www.johnnolanfilms.com’s gallery of animatronics via jwz.
Eyeglass Lens Chandelier
Sean @ MAKE points us to this recycled eyeglass lens chandelier by Stuart Haygarth. Great salvage idea, keeping unwanted things out of the landfill!
Paul Overton’s craft space
January is Make Space for Crafting month on CRAFT, and we’re taking you inside the workspaces of some of our favorite and prolific crafters. Check out the tour and Q&A with Paul Overton of Dude Craft to see how he organizes his space and “makes the magic happen,” so to speak.
How-To: Heart Garland From Magazines
As Valentine’s Day approaches and you’re looking for a way to add a little holiday love to your decor, check out this tutorial for a sweet and simple heart garland from Tricia at Oh So Crafty.
Bending the Kaossilator
GetLoFi posted this demo of a hacked Korg Kaossilator with a variable clock, resulting in some sweet time/pitch stretches – Sometimes newer devices get overlooked for purposes of circuit bending. Two main reasons are price and abundant use of SMT components almost too small to work on. The Kaosillator is one such device. However once […]
Massimo Banzi’s Tinker Toolkit workshop at Interaction10
Explore the basics of Arduino and get to build cool stuff within the first hour. You’ll experience first hand accelerometers, touch sensors, colour sensors, and a lot more technology without having to spend a month talking about atoms and electrons.