In this episode of Becky’s Workshop, learn to make a headband that glows with your heart beat. First construct a stretchy headband from brocade and grosgrain ribbon, then embed the circuit boards and clip the sensor to your ear.
Traveling with a fragile 3D printer can be tricky. MakerBot Industries recommends Pelican cases for their printers, which are pretty much rectangular. However, the RepRap Prusa’s shape is much odder, inducing Thingiverse user crankbmx to build a form-fitting case that even has room for the spool, and can print while fully within the case — […]
Zoe from Zoe Bakes walks us through the process of DIY vanilla extract. As a lover of baking myself, I can’t wait to try this out.
With one flash of brilliance, Connie from About Him & Her completely changed my approach to hot cocoa. The frozen cool whip shapes from her tutorial do three things: 1. they cool down too-hot cocoa to a drinkable temperature ASAP, 2. they add the cream as they melt, negating the need for marshmallows, and 3. […]
The students in our NYU ITP Sensitive Buildings class presented terrific final projects last Tuesday. They spent their Fall making the most of a unique opportunity to invent prototypes for large-scale sensor/device networks, then tested out their creations in a landmark 28-story apartment building on New York’s Columbus Circle. The property owners had invited ITP to develop a variety of prototypes to enhance the livability, ecology and community of their building. Here’s what the students delivered in their first round
Clever gimmick from Germans Jirko Bannas and Oliver Seltmann, who, under the name Lightboys, market a few different types of these wall- and ceiling-mounted “light pictures.” This one, with a frame designed to suggest a giant instant film print, is called Polaboy. [via Dude Craft]
New Zealand artist Maria of MagaMerlina drew these beautiful, intricate designs onto flat pebbles with artist pens. The plant drawing is my favorite, but they’re all totally gorgeous and inspiring!
