Search for buried treasure with your very own OpenROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle)
OpenROV (“ROV1”) is a shoebox-sized Arduino-controlled submarine device, with an onboard HD webcam, designed to operate in an unexplored underwater cave.
Year: 2011
How-To: Crepe Paper Flowers
I had to do a double take when I saw this floral centerpiece. Can you believe that those blossoms are paper?!?! Blush & Bashful shows you how to do it.
Tron Bag with EL Wire
Tote your Thinkpad and port your Apple in style with our custom TRON-inspired laptop bag tutorial. With a little soldering and sewing skills you can have your own light up satchel, sure to impress geeky friends. So grab your sewing needle and soldering iron and follow along
This project was a collaboration between ladyada & becky stern, rock!
http://www.ladyada.net/make/tronbag/
http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2010/12/el_wire_tron_bag.html
In the Maker Shed: Chumby Guts Kit
Chumby guts go together easily, but the b&w instructions included left me scratching my head the first time around. Here’s my second build, after I got all the parts right. http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MKCH1
Rerooting Blythe Doll Hair – CRAFT Video Podcast
I started getting interested in Blythe when I wanted to make a three-dimensional self portrait, and was dumbfounded by the enormous community of customizers working with the Blythe Doll. One of the main online sources for customization is Puchi Collective, which houses oodles of tops for changing her eyechips, face makeup, and clothes. I was mainly interested in rerooting her hair, as the doll I acquired from co-blogger Jenny Ryan had blonde hair, and I wanted to use my own wavy red hair from a recent haircut. I made this video to illustrate the process, based on text-and-image tutorials I found on Puchi and Flickr. View on craftzine: http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/01/rerooting_blythe_doll_hair_video.html
Music is Yellow Cactus by I, Cactus: http://www.8bitpeoples.com/artist/i_cactus
Sew a Drawstring Bike Seat Cover
In this edition of the CRAFT Video, Becky Stern shows you how to make a custom fabric bike seat cover. You might make one if your bike seat is in disrepair, needs protection from rain, or, if you’re like me, you want to cover up your nice saddle to deter potential thieves from lifting your seat while your bike is locked up outside. http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2010/05/sew_a_drawstring_bike_seat_cov.html
Hydroponic Herb Garden – CRAFT Video
Becky Stern shows us how to set up a hydroponic herb garden on her rooftop in Brooklyn. http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2010/04/hydroponic_herb_garden.html