Turn An Old Birdcage Into An Ornate Succulent Planter
If your green thumb has come down with a case of the winter blues, then you might try your hand at some indoor gardening with this clever succulent planter by Lucy of craftberry bush.
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Tech and Dance Unite to Tell a Story with Light
On a cold winter night in Kongsberg Norway, dancers draped in white sheets stand in a warm auditorium waiting to hear their mark. As the mark arrives, each dancer hits a button and is instantly lit up with 136 RGB LEDs. The dancers move fluidly across the stage in sync with the music as the […]
Make Your Refrigerator Magnets Into Wooly Pompoms
Add some pizzazz to your trusty fridge by adorning it with these DIY pompom magnets from Caroline Rowland of AO Life!
The Growing Pains of Quirky’s Innovative Business Model
“We make invention accessible,” boasts Quirky, a company that develops products designed by everyday inventors through online submissions, and which currently offers 400+ products submitted by more than 1,000 inventors. It’s a complex, ambitious model for a startup– perhaps overly so. Despite glowing reviews from a variety of publications, cracks are beginning to show […]
Sew It: Simple Fabric Capelet or Cape
I don’t know about you, but I’m absolutely certain that winter would be about 100 times more delightful if everyone kept their shoulders warm with pretty handmade capelets.
Long-Range Wireless Broadcasts: Raspberry Pi Slow Scan Television (SSTV) Camera
In this project the Raspberry Pi with the PiCam is used as a wireless camera which can transmit images over long distances, usually hundreds of meters! Images are transmitted by amateur radio (ham radio) using slow scan television (SSTV) on the 2 meter band (144.5MHz). Thanks to Oliver Mattos and Oskar Weigl the Pi can generate […]
Faux Stained Glass Jewelry
Get the look of beautiful stained glass with this clever crafty cheat.