The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for making furniture and home decor for every room in the house, including the garage.
Today, Evil Mad Scientist Labs releases the circuit diagram for the LED Dining Table project that they, and we, first blogged about in 2006. Windell writes: We’re releasing this as a free (and fully unsupported) project design, so… “Have fun, kids!” Interactive LED Dining Table Circuit Related: LED Dining table
An “executive desk” with working gears inside of a glass top. The artist also has a coffee table with similar clockwork innards. The Art of Dale Mathis [via]
Rick builds these totally incredible prone carts to help him achieve tasks otherwise impossible from sitting in a wheelchair. He mods golf carts and tractors so that he can drive them from the prone position. While in his carts, he can weld, garden, cook, and make beautiful wood furniture, things that can be difficult or […]
These are sold by Domestic Construction, but maybe they’ll give you some ideas for your own remade lighting from old china. [via]
This couch was built from hundreds of old mouse pads that were on their way to the garbage bin since newer optical mice don’t need the pads for traction anymore. Rather than toss them, this maker decided to turn them into a spongy sofa that is perfect for the tech obsessed office. Mouse Pad Couch
The “Mind Chair” is a tactile interface for visual information – Designers Beta Tank have developed a working version of Mind Chair, a chair that transmits moving imagery to the sitter’s brain via a grid of solenoids on the chair back. The solenoids take imagery from a video camera to produce impulse patterns on the […]
This has to be one of the coolest lamps out there. It reminds me of those expanding spheres you can find in most toy stores. I don’t have any more information about the lamp, but I thought it was still worth a quick post. I believe the lamp was originally made for the 2007 Dutch […]
