Rules for Creating an Open Source Community Don’t make something you don’t use yourself. Know who you are making it for. Know what you want out of it. Make projects, not platforms. Respect the intelligence of the beginner. Experts are not the best advisors when you want to make tools for beginners. If nobody complains, […]
You’ll hear a lot of talk about the “death of the public library” these days. It isn’t simply the perpetual budget crises that many face either. It’s the move to digital literature, and the idea that once there are no more print books (or rather if there are no more print books), the library as an institution will cease to exist.
We’ve featured lots of ways you can use embroidery hoops to decorate the walls in your homes here on Craft, but I love this latest take on them from Patty of P.S. it’s in the Details. See how she turned embroidery hoops into photo frames over on Paper ‘n Stitch.
MIT’s Professor Neil Gershenfeld gave a fascinating and engaging talk at the Carnegie Institute of Washington on November 3rd. The event was a benefit for the emerging FabLabDC, which is intended to provide a high-tech fabrication laboratory within sight of the US Capitol.
In an alternate Old West universe, folks played synthesizers, and they called ‘em “Phantastrons.” Incorporating tubes, steel panels, and a branded wooden crate ripe for customization, this is one unusual synth kit. The power supply comes mostly assembled, but the 30s-era “turret board” is a challenge for seasoned solderers. Not your standard volt-per-octave functionality; this oscillator […]
As a newbie to synthesizers and most electronics, I found the Drone Lab V2 a rewarding kit to construct. This analog drone synthesizer is made up of four oscillators, each with tuning and volume control, that get mixed together and run through various effects. You can also run another synth, noisemaker, guitar, or whatever straight […]
Weekend Projects builder Matt writes in with this great story about his foray into electronics, starting with one of my favorite projects from our series, the Light Theremin.
