Shoe kit, sorta
I really like these DIY “over” shoes from artist Eelko Moorer. [via] – 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.
Knit Cord Maker
Betz White shows you how to use this cool crafty gadget, the Magicord Knitter (looks like now called Embellish-Knit) which lets you crank the handle and knit a long cord in an instant. Betz then felts the cord to embellish her projects like this felt tea cup pin cushion. Link.
$100 Radiation visualizer
Jared writes – I started this project with more of an idea of creating a system that would visualize Cherenkov radiation via webcam utilizing a Gamma radiation source and heavy water in some heavy lead shielding to produce the tell tale bursts of blue light. Perhaps hook it up to the LCD window kit system […]
Raft made from Gatorade bottles
Here are the photos of the raft out made of Gatorade bottles and duct tape that was later rowed across the Charles River – [via] – Link.
Royal College of Art show – Pixelsumo
Pixelsumo has a write up and photos of the Royal College of Art show – Link. and photos. Pictured here, Smoke, a doll that reacts based on how much the parents smoke.
Photoshop cook-off contest
Ok Makers, O’Reilly is having a Photoshop cook-off contest, I’m pretty sure one of our MAKE readers could easily win it, you don’t need to buy anything, just photoshop something based on the books (or free PDFs) from the Photoshop Cookbook series – feel free to use the available MAKE photos from Flickr pool (with […]
Escargot Grand Prix – DIY Time lapse snail races
Windell writes – “How fast are your garden snails? Are they faster when you threaten them with garlic butter? How do they leave dotted lines in their wake? And what are you going to do with the built-in iSight camera on your new Mac? Answer all of these questions at once with Gawker, a cute […]