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.
The iPod video might not be your cup of shiny, and if you have a Pocket PC you can pretty much view videos now – in more formats, sans DRM. While it might require a bit more elbow grease than the one-click iTunes offers up, this handy guide rounds up most of the ways you’ll get, convert and load up video on a Pocket PC. Link.
The 21st century equivalent of the 18th century’s “Home Sweet Home” – a hand-stitched version of the ‘tracert’ DOS command, which is normally used to trace the specific network points that join one computer with another computer on the Internet network. the electronic tracert journey is determined by IP addresses of destinations, & how many milliseconds it takes to reach them. for those appreciating the art of data visualization stitching, see also lorenz manifold or other clothing-based examples. [via] Link.
If you’re really in to creating and viewing your own panoramic movies VRmag has a lot of good articles, resources and movies (I found the free Windows based pano maker I was looking for there) – the site also uses a a panoramic movie to navigate the site as well. Not exactly how you’d navigate most sites, but quite appropriate for the pano-fans out there. Link.
This is interesting – Konami and Sony are doing 3D glasses for the PSP and they appear to work with more than just games – since the PSP does web, you could make 3D web sites and your own 3D images to view…3D game playing will be possible with “Metal Gear Acid 2,” scheduled for release on Dec. 8 in Japan. The goggles, to be hooked up to the game console, can also be used to view images other than those of video games. Link.
Cory writes “I got a CVS disposable video camera a few weeks ago with the idea that I would use it to make some videos of local trails to put up on my site. I also saw a nice howto for mounting the camera to a helmet that inspired me. The howto I saw involved drilling the helmet, and I did not want to do that, so I came up with my own design. My mount design is simple, easy to mount and dismount, does not destroy the helmet or affect the balance of the helmet, and is very cheap.” Link.
The project section has a lot of great things to check out…Craft technology refers to the interweaving of computation with craft materials both new and old. This blending can take many forms, including the application of specialized software to aid in the design and construction of crafts (such as mechanical toys and paper sculpture) and in the creation of craft objects with embedded intelligence. Thanks Paul! Link.
Brother corp Japan has launched the Innovis range of sewing machines which connect to the PC via USB and can be operated via the PC. There are two models the “Innovis M200” and the “Innovis N150” A special embroidery add on can be attached to the N150 for complicated designs. There are preset designs in their internal memory such as Traditional Chinese and Japanese fonts, Patterns, Stitches and Mickey mouse. New designs can be downloaded from the company’s website which will be updated regularly with fresh designs. I wonder if you’ll be able to do your own designs too. [via] Link.
