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Craftster’s Reusable Shopping Bag Challenge winners have been announced by Leah. Pictured above is the winner, Lydia the Strange, for her entry entitled “This IS a plastic bag! Recycled and very resuable!” Check out all the winners on the Craftster blog here. Link. Related: Plastic Bag Crafts – Link.
When Toronto-based artist Amos Latteier is not making cardboard hover, he’s working on other cool projects, such as this kite (above), inspired by Alexander Graham Bell’s historical models (below). He’s been tracking his progress on a kite blog and is now just days away from his test flight. Bell Kite Project Blog – Link Related: […]
I have a piece on Wired.com called “Fifty Years of Hovercraft: The Tech That Barely Takes Off,” about the history of the hovercraft. If you’re inspired to build a hovercraft yourself, you can cobble one together in about thirty minutes. In the mid-20th century, nearly every comic book and issue of Boy’s Life had a […]
Great (funny) gallery of early electronic handheld games, which ones did you have? Or for the youngins’ here, which ones are you going to circuit bend? – [via] Link.
Bug labs had a well attended get together in NYC, this was the first time they’ve shown real hardware in public, so it was pretty interesting to talk to their CEO Peter and their marketing fellow Jeremy about where they’re going… The goal is to make it easy for people to use modules like GPS, […]
Learn how to make a cool looking fabric lamp with this tutorial and pattern from pitterpattern on Instructables. Link.
I know nothing about homebrewing audio gear, but this DIY 300W power amp, built on six LM3886 chips, sure looks bad ass. Here’s how the builder describes the project: My design uses a PCB to hold 3 paralleled 3886s (i.e. PA150), and then I use the DRV134 to bridge 2 of the PA150 PCB boards. […]
