A couple of weeks ago, my daughter and I went camping together. The weekend was unusually cold for Texas (sadly, it already feels like spring here) and we had to do some serious bundling up to stay warm. We’d brought along packs of handwarmers, and while they were handy – pun intended – I felt […]
Creative Applications posted this thorough guide to getting started with augmented reality in Processing. They use NyARToolkit, which is an open source augmented reality library for Java and other languages. The tutorial starts off with a very basic example of using the toolkit to augment 3D boxes on an image (see above). It then moves into more advanced live video and 3D techniques. Hit play on the video above to check out some of the other cool stuff you can do with augmented reality.
Chances are, if you’ve got something with sufficient volume and a rigid body, you can probably put a speaker in it. With a little trial and error you can come up with a unique speaker enclosure that will be both pleasing to the eye and appealing to the ear.
Our featured image from the MAKE Flickr pool this week is from regular fdecomite, whose beautifully-made and -photographed geometrical sculptures appear here frequently. In fact, this is the second of his works featuring spherical-mirror anamorphosis to be featured in this space; the first was back in March 2011. Hats off to you, sir. Thanks for […]
With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, it’s a perfect time to put together some cute heart-themed accessories. Alisha of Felt So Cute shares her quick and easy tutorial for sweet felt Valentine headbands, and while they are modeled by her daughters, I’d say they are perfect for adults as well!
Don’t risk breaking any bottles next time you carry beer to a party. Now you can make your own 6 Packer, a laser cuttable six pack carrier designed by Thingiverse user timogiles. Since it’s designed in OpenSCAD, an open source parametric 3D modeling program, you can easily change the material thickness, bottle diameter, fastener size, and hand grip size and cut a 6 Packer to your own specifications.
Here are some cool things we saw in the CRAFT Flickr Pool this week: Heart, by tousled day felt your raybans for winter, by saxarocks we all carry scars from the past . . . ., by maximum RABBIT designs Faceted terracotta necklace, by Anastasia Egรณrova wooden rubber stamp, by minna.s
