From traditional crafts to modern crafts, we’re covering news and interesting projects to educate you and keep you inspired. Design trends and pop culture related projects are here to inspire.
In MAKE 07 we feature I-Wei Huang, one of my favorite Makers who creates all sorts of steam powered RC controlled robots – When not digitally animating the creatures he dreams up, I-Wei Huang uses steam to breathe life. A 3D animator by day, Huang’s extracurricular interests are far from virtual. In his free time, […]
Aaron has a pretty intense looking drill, he writes – “High speed drill made from auto blower motor (10,000 RPM). No need to center punch. Works great on aluminum sheet. Better than any other drills I’ve tried.” [via] – Link. On a related note, Kevin Kelly has a great new site called “Street Use” with […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member DuganJ mounted a CVS digital video camera to his bike, if you’re thinking of hacking up a camera for reuse and mounting it to a bicycle, this is worth a looksie – Link. Related: CVS camcorder usably hacked! – Link. HOW TO CVS Video Camera Hacking for PC & Macs. […]
Tim shows you how to use an old phonograph turntable and strobe light to display 2 and 3d animated artworks – Link. At the Exporatorium in SF they have a display like this by artist Toshio Iwai, and it’s really fun to watch.
O’Reilly’s Radar has a brief write up of a “3D live motion video camera that uses LIDAR technology to get a range-finding for every pixel” – you could “scan” an area and put all the 3D data in to just about any application, wow! Link & full image. Related: Google video tech talk about the […]
A clever Maker used a CD-ROM lens on a web camera to make a DIY digital microscope – Link & translated page. Related: QX5 Computer Microscope – Link. Turn a Mac into a microscope on the cheap – Link. The Paper Microscope – Link. 3D Video microscope – Link. Build your own digital microscope – […]
Spin to Knit is a new book due out in October by CRAFT friend and knitgrrl Shannon Okey. The book site has just launched and it’s filled with preview pages, a secret pals SWAP group, and a great free pattern to make Shannon’s Power Station Hat. We can’t wait to check out this book! Link.
