Riley Porter created a large fume extractor that uses fans and carbon filters to clean the air in his workshop. This past weekend I decided that I would attempt a carbon filtering fume extractor stack (at least what I called it). Basically the fumes from the smoke of many different materials is pretty bad. The […]
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In the Makers Market: LED hula hoop kits
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From seller ProdMod, this cool kit for making your own color-changing LED hula hoop that collapses for storage like a band-saw blade:
Use this kit in combination with 10.5 feet of tubing (sold separately) to build your own LED hoop. This is the easiest of my kits to assemble. The battery lasts about 5 hours of continuous use, and can be easily replaced for a new one. This kit includes: One Lithium Battery, 12 feet of paired wire, One Slide Switch, One Tube Connector, 21 LEDs.
A rechargeable hoop kit is also available, which includes a rechargeable battery, a charger, and an integral charging jack to install in the hoop.
This beautiful rattle is such a perfect present for baby’s first Easter basket. And, it’s made by Woman Woodworker, who has, according to her etsy storefront “some skills and a garage full of power tools.”
A stunning use of materials to create a mosaic-type portrait. Artist, Reena Saini Kallat, uses rubber stamps to create these works of art. The work stands like a screen, holding up a portrait formed by several hundred names of people, rendered in scripts of over 14 Indian languages. From a distance they come together as […]
Created by Li Weiguo of Hubei Province, China, this amphibious bicycle has propeller vanes on its wheels and giant water bottles for flotation. [via reflectionof.me]
This week in the CRAFT Flickr pool we saw: Flooded Ludd Sink by thomscribble, Deer Mask by Liliatodd, Chihuly Slide Table Lamp by yarnzombie, and Tetrapak CD Case by Bcome.
Paralyzed Graffiti Artist Draws With His Eyes @NPR… A group of artists and hackers have crafted a gadget that lets a paralyzed graffiti artist continue making art using only his eyes. And it costs about as much as an iPod shuffle. Zach Lieberman of the Graffiti Research Lab started working on the EyeWriter with one […]
