LED Light Bulb Teardown
Ever curious to see what’s inside those everyday objects we take for granted, EDN’s Margery Conner tears apart the AmbientLED light bulb from Philips to see what makes the oddly yellow bulb emit a white light when lit.
Month: August 2011
Mindstorms CNC Mill
This Mindstorms CNC mill was the first original model YouTube user kabeltomten made with his NXT 2.0 set.
Joining the Billboard Quilt-Along
If you remember last week, Rachel Hobson posted about the latest quilt-along from Oh, Fransson! I really liked her concept of a billboard quilt, so much so that I’ve decided to join the quilt-along and post about it here. I’ve never joined a quilt-along before, so I’m excited for the challenge. The first post went […]
How-To: Watermark Tee
Here’s a lovely resist-dye technique from Kari of Sweet Verbena, guest blogging at Ucreate. She used a readily-available gel glue to write and draw on plain tees, and then dunked them in dye. The glue prevents the dye from soaking in, creating a subtle pattern in white, and then it washes away completely. How pretty!
How-To: Toadstool Pencils
These would make such a cute addition to a kid’s Back-to-School kit. Or party favors! Kimann from Scissors.Paper.Wok shows how to turn ordinary pencils mushroom-y with the help of woodworking buttons, which are available at many building supply stores.
Open Source Hardware Summit Sponsorship AND Early Bird Tickets
Tickets are now on sale and you can also sponsor the OSHW summit.
Crinoline Chandelier
SaffronColoredPony, out of Detroit, is making some smashing light fixtures from vintage crinolines. I saw them on the front page of Etsy today and fell in love. Upcycling meets upskirt!
