Making the human powered vehicle
Trebuchet03 sent in the latest installment on the UCF HPV (human powered vehicle) fairing project – with more time lapse! Link. Previous: Large Scale Mold Making – Making the Negative “Tool” – Link.
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HOW TO – Bleach Digital Photos
Here’s a great digital craft project by Amy at Craft Chi where she shows you how you print out your digital photos in B&W and run them over with a bleach pen where you can color it in more to create this illustrated look. Link.
Wind & solar power outdoor lighting system
Remember that wind powered street lamp? MAKE reader Lobsterface notes that Panasonic and Matsushita have a similar wind powered lamp, but they use solar and a savonius wind turbine instead a cute propeller – Link. Related: 1000 watt wind turbine – Link. GPS enabled wind chimes – Link. Wind Turbine – wind power for cheap […]
New Flickr Group: Free Knit and Crochet Patterns
We mentioned the Flickr group for Knit and Crochet Patterns for sale yesterday. Today, Sylvie of ChezPlum has also organized a new crafty Flickr group for all FREE knit and crochet patterns. Yay! Pictured above are Sylvie’s fresh knit Lacanau Sandals. I’ve added our CRAFT Pattern Podcasts that fit the bill. Check out all the […]
Pololu Robotics and electronics
Pololu offers robot kits, robot parts and robot electronics and custom laser cutting – I haven’t heard about these folks until recently but their stuff looks good! – Link.
U-Handbag Contest: What would you ask Amy Butler?
Today’s the last day to enter in U-Handbag’s contest on what you’d like to ask Amy Butler regarding a bag, sewing, design, or inspiration. Just comment on the blog page with your question along with your favorite Amy Butler pattern you’d like to win. All chosen questions will be put in a drawing and the […]
HOW TO – Organizing a collection using flickr
Here’s how to organize a collection of things using Flickr, in this example an impressive 20 year collection of superballs. Lenore writes – Flickr is a great tool for organizing a collection. You can upload your photos and apply titles, tags and descriptions, which is a sneaky way of cramming a lot of indexed data […]