Homeade monorail for puppies
James Horecka built a monorail for puppies, it’s like pouring sugar in your eyeballs, it’s that cute. [via] Link. In MAKE volume 01, Made on Earth, we have the people version if you’re thinking of building one yourself.
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.
Wearable motion capture MIDI controller
Make music as you walk, dance, run around – “…a unique performance instrument for motion-capture midi control, featuring extensive customization to enable a wide range of musical and visual applications. Setup and operation is simple, intuitive and quick. The suit is modeled on the human skeletal form using rotational sensors placed on the joints. The […]
Tiki Fireplace
Check out these great photos of a homemade tiki fireplace complete with glowing red eyes and a smoke machine for the smoking nostrils! I think someone could make these as kits to retrofit fireplaces, or just follow these photos and make your own. [via] Link.
Using MP3 players as internet banking authentication
‘One-Time-Password MP3 Scratch Tracks’ is a free software that ports Entrust IdentityGuard Grid Cards into MP3 audio tracks and converts generic MP3 Players into a FFIEC-compliant Internet Banking Authentication Token. Thanks Tea Vui! Link.
Convert vinyl records to MP3s…
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Voxphoto writes – “Another view of the nifty phono-to-USB pod I reviewed in MAKE #05 (“Toolbox” section). The price is only $60 at B&H ….but every time they get some in stock, they sell out immediately.” Link.
Airbrushed computers, laptops, gadgets…
Jim “Smooth” Saling’s company Smooth Creations does incredible airbrush art on laptops, mice, iPods, cases and pretty much anything else you plug in. [via] Link.
Wind-powered animal-like machines…
Charles writes – “Theo Jansen’s Strandbeest – Wind-powered, animal-like art machines constructed from recycled materials. The videos are poor quality, but the organic nature of how the constructs move is absolutely astonishing.” Link.