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.
From Popular Science’s How 2.0, homemade spy sub – “Some fathers and sons play catch. Electrical engineer Jason Rollette and his 12-year-old son Trevor are a little more ambitious. Hoping to explore the lakes and rivers near their Milwaukee home, they’ve built their own underwater remote-operated vehicle, or ROV. Controlled and powered by a laptop, […]
Voxphoto writes – “In the t-shirt laptop case shown in MAKE #06, on page 27, it looks like the laptop fits in long way round–but the way I made it, the dimensions work better this way…. End result: a soft pouch with three compartments, plus a pocket for the power brick. Keeps the dirt off […]
MAKE FLickr photo pool member Riccardomuccio writes – “Kirlian Photograph of a leaf. Many people say that this method of photography shows the ‘life force’ or ‘aura’ of the object. I say that it is corona discharge caused by high voltage ionisation of air and a few organic compounds. You can see the original leaf […]
Jamie9999 writes – “Adapting an easily obtainable off-the-shelf storage case for use as a highly protective camera case, in this case, fitting a Canon SD-500, SD-400, or SD-550 perfectly. The resulting case is waterproof and protects the delicate camera from scratches and mild shocks (i.e. knocking over on table, banging around in your backpack/daypack). The […]
Cross stitch yourself up this Nuclear Family apron featuring skull and yellow hazard symbols in the Anti Craft”s new Danger issue. There are also lots of other goth craft projects featured so check out the new issue. [ via ] Link.
Peter writes – “Tristan Shone, a musician and visual artist, has constructed a beautifully-made force-feedback MIDI controller, modeled on airplane throttles (with the gauges to boot)…” – Link. Related: Author and Punisher – Link.
Wow, Sony has a little GPS device that will sync/tag your photos with the location they were taken (via a time stamp and software) – back in 2004 I used a GPS and a hacked camera to do the same thing, well, a DIY blackbox for cars – it was an ugly hack but worked! […]
