Tired of letting perfectly good fish skin go to waste? Apparently Icelandic artists Fanney Antonsdóttir and Dögg Guðmundsdóttir were, so they started making lights out of dried cod fish that they call Uggi Lights. The lamp refers to the old Icelandic tradition of drying whole fish. The fish were hung up on special wood constructions […]
Built for Music Hackday in Amsterdam, this Arduino-powered 8-bit umbrella from Berlin area makers Alice Zappe and Julia Lager uses an array of 12 piezoelectric sensors to trigger random tunes as rain hits the umbrella. [via LikeCool]
The always inspired Jeri Ellsworth outdid herself at this year’s Maker Faire Bay Area. Jeri is known for the phrase “Did you bring a hack?” and she lives by such sentiment — Jeri always brings a hack. This year, at Maker Faire, it was a Commodore 64 Bass “keytar” that makes use of the original […]
This week in the MAKE Flickr pool we saw…
Gareth over at MAKE posted this ingenious little tutorial about how to make a chocolate bowl using a balloon. More: How-To: Chocolate Bowls Kitchen 101: Chocolate Skills Recipe: Chocolate Banana Pops
Another fun find on Facebook. I love these simple photo-based project how-tos that are starting to show up on FB and G+ with increased frequency. The chocolate bowl I posted a few days ago has gotten a lot of attention and makers trying it out. If you try any of these quick n’ dirty hacks […]
Here are some cool things we saw in the CRAFT Flickr Pool this week: a stone turtle, by lilfishstudios Nursing necklace, by lovestitches Aqua, Coral and White Flower Hair Pins, by Jewelrybynala Modern times, by Orson’s World Untitled, by athenastudio
