Here’s a splendid piece of recycling from Melissa at To Boldly Fold. She took an empty plastic wrap box (and the tube that the wrap came on), and modified them into a handy way to store her collection of Japanese masking tapes. I love any project that gives me a good excuse to acquire more […]
The 64 Button Shield not only allows you to use up to 64 buttons with your next Arduino project, it also has a hidden “easter egg” that allows it to output MIDI. This video demonstrates MIDI functionality by using a 64 Button Shield, a Midivox, and an Arduino together for use as a physical interface for your favorite MIDI compatible music program.
Gavin from Sydney built this 2-meter POV staff for full color light painting. The hardware is pretty simple. Thereโs a 2m programmable LED strip inside an acrylic tube, which is controlled from a small receiver and battery pack. A laptop PC with a wireless Xbee link sends the image data to the scythe at a […]
“Toast Embroidery” and “Cereal Sampler” were made by Judith Klausner as part of a series called, “From Scratch.” Like the production of food, a variety of handicrafts were a mundane requirement of the female gender. Today, as we come to realize that something has been lost in the mechanization of everything around us, there is […]
I believe Los Angeles artist Jeff Cook’s medium is correctly described as marquetry (“the art and craft of applying pieces of veneer to a structure to form decorative patterns, designs or pictures”) rather than parquetry (“very similar in technique to marquetry: in parquetry the pieces of veneer are of simple repeating geometric shapes, forming tiling patterns”). But it’s an interesting question…
What no space geek should be without: a tiny circuit board Mars Rover! This little guy, created especially for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and available in the JPL Store, is an adorable tiny replica of the Mars Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, and is now being made available to you! It fits in the palm of […]
Jessica of How About Orange points us to this awesome printable papercraft calendar from the folks at The Curiosity Group. I love the little retro camper, and am especially smitten with the colorful folding chairs.
