For those of you with an overwhelming desire to build your own subatomic particle accelerator, look no further than this Instructable by Xellers, which shows you how to convert a wine bottle into a cathode ray tube (CRT). Of course, that’s not all you need: other ingredients include a two-stage vacuum pump, a neon sign […]
If you remember my Barbie patterns from earlier this week, you’ll remember I found many fantastic vintage patterns on that trip. Another favorite pattern I found has to be this Brooke Shields McCall’s offering. Snazzy! Did anyone out there ever make a top from this collection?
As I develop new projects for my classroom this summer, a recurring theme has been to explore just how many times it takes to get a new design right. As far as I am concerned, nothing ever works properly the first time, and it is useful for students and new learners to a subject to recognize this. Programmers call this the iterative process, Engineers use the Engineering Design Process, both of which are relatives to the scientific method. Sure, just about anything can be fixed with duct tape and zip ties, but to get beyond a temporary kludge, you will need to put some time and thought into analyzing the problem and crafting a proper solution.
Kara of Craftastical shares how to make a cable knit pillow case that will add an extra bit of cozy to your couch.
Here’s an absolutely brilliant use of Sugru – an air-drying silicone clay. The inventors have created an Instructable showing how to make a digital camera fairly indestructable for kids. Check out the abuse this thing takes with nary a scratch: Brilliant! I’m considering doing this to all my electronics now.
If you’ve ever walked along Fifth Avenue in Manhattan during the holiday season, no doubt you’ve seen the incredible animatronic store displays in the windows of stores like Saks Fifth Avenue and Bergdorf Goodman. In this excellent video, Cool Hunting interviews Lou Nasti, the animatronic mastermind behind many of these displays. Lou is the owner […]
I used to cover my schoolbooks in brown paper bags, and then throughout the course of the year, I would draw and put stickers all over them. They looked cool, but decidedly messy, with all those incongruous stickers living on a single surface. So I think this art installation, “The Salon at Sundown,” is interesting. […]
