Mason Jar History
The New York Times Magazine took a look at the history of the Mason jar over the weekend. For canners and collectors alike, you’ll enjoy this read. Image via Patrick Q
The New York Times Magazine took a look at the history of the Mason jar over the weekend. For canners and collectors alike, you’ll enjoy this read. Image via Patrick Q
Design Sponge posted a lovely DIY on their blog today showing us how to breath new life into an old lamp. With a simple silver leaf technique you can add a little luxury to any old lampshade.
NEWS FROM THE FUTURE – Car Makers Create Engine Sounds for Electric Cars: Audi is adding sound to its silent, electric car models with a synthetic solution called Audi e-sound. Sounds like a TRON cycle. I wonder if they’ll eventually make download-able and purchase-able “engine tones”…
I was interviewed on Nevada NPR affiliate KNPR yesterday along with three other makers (including Keiko Tabeb, founder and designer of Asanoha Love baby carriers, shown above) for a one hour program called “Tinker, Tailor, Maker, DIY: The Make-It-Yourself Movement.” You can listen to an MP3 of the show here.
Facebook user Brusspup performed a simple, but interesting, experiment. Passing a tube of water across the front of a loudspeaker yields a standing wave when tuned to a 24 hz sound wave. Then when switched to 23 hz, it appears that the water droplets are actually traveling backwards through the tube they just came out of. A camera recording at a standard 24 fps is playing tricks with the eye when the frequency of the sine wave is very similar.
Maya Donenfeld of Maya*Made is well know in the craft community for her simple and beautiful projects celebrate sustainable resources. Her new book, Reinvention from Wiley, is not just about making cute and useful projects, but also about creating with purpose and attention to meaningful materials. Advancements in technology have increased the pace of our […]
Arduino team member and MIT PhD student David Mellis created this DIY Cell Phone that packs a fascinating premise: An exploration into the possibilities for individual construction and customization of the most ubiquitous of electronic devices, the cellphone. By creating and sharing open-source designs for the phone’s circuit board and case, we hope to encourage […]