Among other delights, there’s a switch that retreats into its enclosure when your finger approaches, a switch that extrudes a stream of snotty goo when pressed (and retracts it when released), and (my personal favorite) a hairy switch with a pilomotor reflex that makes the hairs stand up when you try to touch it. Squick! [via Hack a Day]
Steve Averill’s drummer may not be much for conversation between gigs, but I’m guessing his low payrate makes up for it. Steve built the “Spruce Deuce” robot drummer using birch plywood, servo motors, and a Highly Liquid MD24 … hmm, wonder if he’s any good at loading the van.
Randy Sarafan made this “Fuzz of 100 Faces” guitar pedal: For a long time I have been a fan of the Multi-Face Pedal and have been having fun exploring the different nuances of fuzz by swapping around parts on a breadboard. However, I wanted to make a more permanent fuzz pedal that I could use […]
Jinha Lee of the MIT Tangible Media Group designed this Collapsible Input Device for Direct 3D Manipulation beyond the Screen.
Erin Woodward, who runs the blog Sutton Grace, has created a fabulous play kitchen for her daughter out of an old entertainment center. You know, the kind you see for sale at almost every garage sale you’ve ever been to in the burbs. Although the one she used in her reuse project was a bit […]
Suzannah of Adventures in Dressmaking shares her tips for disassembling thrifted garments so you can make the most of the fabric for your refashioning projects.
Our own Becky Stern makes these beautiful drawstring pouches in three different sizes. They feature custom-designed knit patterns inside and out, with an extra layer of padding to protect your valuables. Good for your LARPing inventory, precious amulet, digital camera, or phone. Becky makes these to order, and will gladly produce any size/pattern/color combination from among those displayed in her shop.
