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.

Homemade mac sweater

Homemade mac sweater

36693178 7012E176D7 Mark Davis made a really cool reversible sweater with the happy and sad mac logos for his girlfriend as a graduation present. On Flickr he says “the 1:1 pixel ratio had to be adapted by hand to work with the 4:5 ratio of single crocheting rows” looks like he’ll make them too for yarn + time. [via] Link.

The pachinko museum

The pachinko museum

Aapach1 I heard you can make a fine living playing pachinko once you have the “hungry spirit”…The Pachinko Hakubutsukan (Pachinko Museum, more pictures) boasts 148 machines, many of them rare and historic mementos of the game’s industry. “I am really grateful for my encounter with pachinko. I wanted to say thank you to pachinko and wanted to return something” to the game, explained Tetsuya Makino, its manager. Link.

Slingshot with laser sight…

Slingshot with laser sight…

Smshootc2 Slight shot with a laser sight, they’re $49 – you could likely build your own for cheaper, these are pretty neat though – The secret to the Laser Slingshot lays within its dual offset pivoting system. This system is able to precisely align a laser or sight to the trajectory of the fired projectile. This revolutionary breakthough allows the Laser Slingshot to precisely split pencils at 20 feet, hit cans as far as 150 feet, and hit flying targets with a shotgun spray of BBs (with optional addon shotgun pouch). [via] Link.

The Packet Sniffers – Maker friendly web show!

The Packet Sniffers – Maker friendly web show!

Ps Logo03 …a web based TV show that showcases technology and other things of geek interest. Episode 4 covers automotive technology – Laptop stand for your car, Zach explains EFI, Bumper mounted video camera, Zach’s Axiom Industrial Computer, ECU & the body computer, Retrieving trouble codes from your ECU – 3 key turn method, Zach rants about auto tech, Commodore – aka Holden Automotive, ECU modding tools, OBD Scan Tools – what are they?, Scantool.net OBDII scan tool and Digimoto software, DIY EFI – Mega Squirt, Remote Keyless Entry – how it works (KeeLOQ) Extending the range of your RKE. Link.

What’s That Stuff?

What’s That Stuff?

Image6-8 Chemical News & Engineering has a nice section on their site – all about what’s in the stuff use Ever wondered about what’s really in hair coloring, Silly Putty, Cheese Wiz, artificial snow, or self-tanners? C&EN presents a collection of articles that gives you a look at the chemistry behind a wide variety of everyday products. Link.