Creating music with light bulbs
Michael Vorfeld creates sound installations using the sound that light bulbs make when they are turned on and off in a controlled manner.
Year: 2010
Alt.CES: Wood-housed electronica: ostensibly green or faux-maker?
One of the products released at this year’s CES is iWave‘s Grass Roots Collection of personal electronics accessories — iPhone cases, earbuds, and earphones, all cased in recycled wood. They’re due out Q2 of 2010 with a MSRP of $10-40. iWave’s press release explains: The design-forward electronic accessory company is offering its loyal customers […]
Alt.CES: Oregon Scientific’s wireless energy monitor
One of the offerings at this year’s CES that caught my eye was Oregon Scientific‘s Advanced Wireless Appliance Manager. This basically works the same as an Energy Logger, but without the disadvantages of only one plug in and having to lean down to your outlet to see your totals (a problem the tweet-a-watt doesn’t have, […]
Crafty Chica Challenge: Deck the Halls – Deadline Extended to Friday!
We’ve extended our Crafty Chica Challenge: Deck the Halls where you can enter to win lots of Crafty Chica prizes. You can now enter in any pictures from New Year’s decor too! The Grand Prize is a Crafty Chica gift basket, an advanced copy of the Crafty Chica’s first novel "Waking Up in the Land […]
Free Tomato Pincushion Crochet Pattern
> Kara wrote in with her rad and free crochet pattern for this tomato pincushion, which is a nice take on a sewing classic.
Wooden car burns wooden fuel, travels Europe
Artist, traveller, & inventor Joost Conijn spent the better part of a year building his own very custom automobile – almost entirely from wood. And what more fitting way to power such a vehicle, than with an onboard wood-burning stove! You might assume such a novel machine wasn’t intended for any lengthy excursions, but in […]
DIY steadicam with cheap/easy gimbal
Tho Bui writes: I’ve been toying with homemade steadicams lately. The gimbal joint usually gives people a fit. The roundness of the acorn nut fits into the indentation of the opposite screw/nut and freely rotates. More: DIY steadicam, version five
