How-To: Evening Dress iPod Remote
> If you ever need to remotely control your iPod while out at a fancy event, Aniomagic and Lynne Bruning show us how to sew a iPod remote into an evening dress.
Year: 2010
How-To: Model a skull-badge in OpenSCAD
Devlin has posted a great tutorial on using OpenSCAD (Clifford Wolf’s fantastic, free CSG 3D modeling program) to model Hack a Day’s trademark “skull badge” from this year’s CES. I posted my own (much, much more basic) OpenSCAD tutorial a couple weeks back.
How-To: Make a “stroke sensor”
Instructables user Plusea brings us this cool tutorial on how to make a soft sensor that closes a circuit when it is petted or stroked.
Google files patent on Streetview billboard ad replacer
Google has just filed a patent application for a method to automagically detect billboards in Streetview-type imagery and replace them in real time with Google’s own dynamically-generated ads. It’s just a patent application at this point, so there’s no way of knowing if it’s actually going to happen yet. Still, an interesting idea. [via Gizmodo]
Tiny printable Dremel-powered lathe
While small lathes are of relatively limited value in my opinion, I’ve gotta give it up to Thingiverse user cathalgarvey for designing and uploading the parts to print this motor-tool-powered, printable micro-lathe. As always, would love to see some video!
How-To: Decoratively Twist Wire
Instructables user barefootbohemian shows us how to make perfect twisted wire for your art/jewelry using a screwdriver and cordless drill! I’ve seen a similar technique used in rope-making, too.
Synth + visuals controlled by light
Jakub’s Decaudion project uses Supercollider, Processing, & Arduino along with an array of photocells to create some elegantly simple interactivity. [via Arduino Forums]