Felted Mushroom Terrariums
I’m always impressed by the beautiful, nature-inspired felting work from fiber artist Lisa Jordan at Lil Fish Studios, but these felted mushroom terrariums are especially gorgeous!
Month: April 2013
How-To: Moon Phases Wall Art
Is there a space geek in your life? Whip them up the perfect just-because-you’re-awesome gift with this moon phases wall art tutorial!
Simple Resistor Storage System
Instructables user Re-design stores his resistors in ziplocks with ohms written on the bags. He uses an index card for a little structure and to record additional information. As someone who stores his resistors using the “big ole heap” system, this looks great to me! Another, more expensive option in a similar vein is to […]
Gestural Interaction in the Operating Room with a Wii Remote and Kinect
Student Tamara Worst used two 3D sensors, a Wii remote and Microsoft Kinect, to detect the orientation and position of a surgeon’s right foot in the OR. She wrote software in Processing to allow them to view and manipulate images and 3D models without the use of their hands.
HacDC Turns Five Years Old
Five years ago, hackerspaces in the U.S. were few and far between. HacDC (“the capital hackerspace”) celebrates and reflects on five years of our space and what we’ve accomplished. Here are some of the things we’ve done in our half decade of existence: Held classes and workshops on robotics, AVR microcontrollers, bicycle maintenance, electron tubes, […]
5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Things About Nora Abousteit
Entrepreneur and social media maven Nora Abousteit is in the business of facilitating and celebrating the exchange of knowledge through interactive media. She thrives on blending old and new, having gotten her start at German power publisher Hubert Burda Media, where she reinvented a sewing magazine started in the 1940s into BurdaStyle, the largest DIY […]
Swap-O-Rama-Rama Call for Artists
Calling All Artists for Swap-O-Rama-Rama, the World’s Largest Textile Repurposing Event, at Maker Faire Bay Area! Nearly one hundred years ago Mahatma Gandhi said, “There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness.” At the time India was struggling to resist British rule. Freedom could be gauged by touching the garments […]