CRAFT Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
This week in the CRAFT Flickr pool we saw: Sharktopus Plush- Watching TV by Suzannah Ashley, Tokyo Subway Map Quilt Back by Oh, Fransson!, and Barefoot Bandit by Criminal Crafts.
Month: January 2011
Maker Shed exclusive: The MakerShield
The MakerShield kit is the ultimate open source prototyping shield for Arduino and Netduino microcontrollers. Having a prototyping shield is a must have accessory for anyone wanting to go beyond blinking an LED with their microcontroller. If you want to do more, you will need to build a circuit, and if you want to build […]
RFID-reading musical instrument
The C60 concept was created to bring tangibility to the digital music experience. A card represents a song or a collection of songs. Placement of a card on the C60 table causes the music represented by the card to be played. Multiple cards placed on the table form a clockwise ordered playlist. [Thanks, Dave!]
Meg Mateo Illasco Interview
CasaSugar has a great interview with Meg Mateo Illasco, author of Crafting a Meaningful Home (review here) and co-founder of lifestyle magazine, Anthology. Here’s a great design tip from Meg: My only advice: don’t be afraid to bring crafty elements into your home — if anything, it’ll inject some fun, texture, or personality into it.
Parents-To-Be Presents
Einfach’s Josh Weston designed and printed these parents-to-be T-shirts for my good buddies Dan and Bethany Nixon. The baby’s name is a secret until the due date, so until then, their friends have nicknamed him “Sweatpants.” Unfortunate nickname, cool gift for excited newbie parents.
Quiz-O-Tron 3000 Arduino quiz lockout system
If you’re an aspiring Alex Trebek with some Arduino skills, you should check out RoysterBot’s Instructable on how to make a Quiz-O-Tron 3000, an electronic quiz contestant lockout system, which allows contestants to “buzz in” during trivia games. He used it at a holiday party and therefore needed something sturdy enough to withstand the hand […]
How-To: Pineapple-Filled Cookies
These pineapple-filled cookies from Jen of Indie Fixx look different and delicious. I love the story of her sleuthing to decipher her grandmother’s recipe from her minimal notes and ambiguous measurements. I’m so glad she did it, because these really look yummy!
