Treeline Bike Frame
Eli Moss wrote in to let us know about his tree-filled bike frame with laser-cut decals.
Month: August 2011
Learn to Weave with CraftSanity
I was very excited to pick up my very own CraftSanity coaster loom this weekend at Maker Faire Detroit. Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood was on hand not only selling her looms, ranging in sizes from placemats to pot holders, but showing attendees how to use a loom and start weaving. Check out the CraftSanity Etsy shop for […]
Drain Pipe Hotel
While I might be slightly squeamish about staying in Austrian Andreas Strauss’s open-to-the-public, semi-outdoor, pay-what-you-want dasparkhotel, I love the idea of using drain pipe sections as small outdoor structures.
How-To: Make Your Own Piping
Colette Patterns is always one of my favorite resources for vintage sewing tips, tricks, and tutorials. Because it’s often the small details that really bring a sewing project together, I especially like their simple tutorial for making custom piping out of bias tape and cord. I’ve always loved the look of piping on shirts and […]
In the Maker Shed: Music Shield
Give your project some beat with the Seeed Music Shield from the Maker Shed. The Seeed Music Shield is an Arduino compatible music player / recorder that is also Ipod / Iphone compatible. It is based on VS1053b chip so can play variety of music formats stored on MicroSD card.
Networked Quilt Shares Light Patterns Created by Users in Different Locations
Syuzi of Fashioning Technology points us to this amazing quilt developed by Alberto Elizondo, Roberto Picerno, Francesca Pizzutilo. Lullaby is an illuminated quilt that bridges the distance between a parent and a child geographically apart through interactive play. Touching a quadrant on one quilt, simultaneously illuminates the same pattern on a second quilt. The interaction […]
Building a RepRap Mendel
George Hadley of West Lafayette, IN, has been building the most lovely RepRap Mendel using 3D-printed parts. You can view his voluminous Flickr set or read his blog for more details.
