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Click To Play Last week, Phillip Torrone and Limor Fried presented the closing keynote, “Open Source Hardware: A Start…” at O’Reilly Media’s Open Source Convention. Open source hardware is a term slowly working its way into many new projects and efforts, but what is it? There are a few definitions, some of which come from […]
Hi Crafters! It’s back to business as usual here on craftzine.com! All my photos are currently uploading so I can give you a proper write up soon of the amazing time I had at the BlogHer conference in Chicago. If you are visiting craftzine today for the first time, Welcome! As promised, I will have […]
Sketching in Hardware 2, a summit on the design of/with physical computing toolkits, took place from June 23-24 2007 at the Mechanic’s Institute Library in San Francisco: The act of sketching defines and redefines boundaries. Everyone who makes sketches, whether on paper, in software or, increasingly, in hardware. Sketching may begin with an idea, but […]
Here’s a fun idea for your next cocktail party or knitting group meet up, add fun photos to the bottom of a wine glass. No one will ever mix up their glass. If the idea of a fun face starting back at you is too creepy to imagine, you could even use landscape or close […]
This fairly simple hack uses a Nintendo Wii remote to capture G-force readings in a car, dump it to a CSV (Comma-Separated Values) text file, and then graph it via Excel. The results aren’t the most precise, but apparently good enough to give you some useful feedback on car mods. Wii Remote Measurements [via] – […]
HomeRoasters.org, a community of avid (rabid?) home coffee roasters, is running the first-ever Roaster Building Competition. There are only a few days left in the contest (deadline is July 31st, midnight, Pacific time). The winning rig will be announced on August 15th. Submitted roasters are available for viewing on the association’s Discussion Forum. The Great […]
Crafty Chica has a fun project to make her world traveler hanging mobile in which you decorate a CD with a different culture. I love how they all look together! Link.
