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.
Jason writes – “Paul Pedini built his home from trash-heap-bound construction materials left over from Boston’s Big Dig. The effort was not without controversy. Regardless, Pedini advocates the recycling of construction materials that are used to build temporary roadways.” – Link. Related: Pictured here, the Big Dig prototype house from SINGLE speed DESIGN works – […]
Dave writes – “Since the SeriPEN was posted I thought I’d suggest something along similar lines. The MIOX water purifier, this is a product from MSR…You can’t get a sense of it’s size from the site but I have seen it in person and it is pretty small only 99 grams… Here’s a review.” – […]
Neat – check out these animated gifs made from a light pen and digital camera (long exposure)… [via] – Link.
Yan Wu created a microwave that is controlled by a needle and record on top, it sets the power/time based on the groove and arm placement – [via] – Link.
Check out the inspiration at whip up with the array of fabric cuffs that are hitting the craft world. Link.
Here’s a slightly better house boat, made from an oil tank – Link. Previous: Homemade houseboat – Link.
The SteriPEN looks pretty clever, you pre-filter the water, then dip a UV light in to kill the bugs – $150-ish and it can do over 140 16 ounce water treatments – “SteriPEN is the only portable water purifier that uses ultraviolet (UV) light to destroy waterborne microbes. Whether your source is a woodland brook […]
