Geeky patches
Pillowhead makes these neat hand-embroidered geeky patches and sells then, the pi one is $3.14 of course – Link.
Craft & Design
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.
Coat hook curtains
Cheap coat hooks and chain makes an inexpensive curtain rod alternative – Link.
Walking the dog – with a poochmobile
Dog powered vehicle – Popular Science 1939 – Link.
HOW TO – Electrify a Kazoo – the Electrizooka
Here’s how to electrify a Kazoo using a piezo mic and a guitar jack – Link.
Slip ring power connector in action
Stephan writes – “I just finished the show in which I used the slip ring connectors. They worked great for my purposes (fluorescent light tubes). I had them running for about two hours straight and no power cut outs. This means the rotatable connection is pretty solid. I also tried running an mono audio signal […]
Make a 3 channel Midi controller
Zevieee writes – “Make a beautiful custom 3 channel midi controller. Use it for Ableton Live DJing (recommended) or any other MIDI compliant program.” – Link.
Homemade Mr.Spock’s Vulcan harp
Tho writes – “This instrument was built this year, inspired by the one played by Mr. Spock in one of the Star Trek shows a while back. I didn’t want to make just a semi-functional prop, so it was designed with chromatic shifting capability and 2 full octaves (15 strings total) with proper Helmholtz reinforcement […]