How-To: Autumn Mini Pennant
Are you excited as excited about fall as I am? Spread the crisp weather joy with this autumn mini pennant tutorial from Mollie at Wild Olive!
Month: September 2012
Steampunk Beetle Built from a Broken Violin
Nottingham Hackspace member Jake Howe built this beautiful beetle from an old violin, with a little laser cutter action mixed in! Check out Jake’s instructable showing how to do it.
iTurntable Digital Music Dock
These days there are plenty of tactile input options for the digital DJ that try to recreate the traditional UI. Most of these are newer devices are vestigial rotary encoders tacked onto purpose-built decks. If you’re not a DJ, but would like to recreate the tactile experience of an old phonograph with your digital music device, check out this charming iTurntable iPhone dock from maker Austin Yang.
Makey Awards 2012 Nominee 14, Tamiya, Documentation
Founded in Shikuoza, Japan in 1946, Kabushiki gaisha Tamiya was originally a sawmill and architectural lumber company that made wooden ship models as a sideline. Their first plastic model, released in 1960, was a 1/800 scale battleship Yamato. Today, Tamiya manufactures R/C sea, air, and land vehicles, robots, educational materials, and a line of modeling tools, paints, and accessories in addition to their traditional scale model line.
Circuit Benders’ Ball Lineup Announced
Circuit Benders’ Ball looks amazing! Here are the performers participating: Roth Mobot – Chicago Blight Side of Life – Nashville Brain Lesion – Murfreesboro, TN Elegant Bassterds (Ben Marcantel and Derek Schartung) – Nashville Josh Gumiela, Kelli Shay Hix, Lucas McCallister – Nashville Hadals – Nashville / Montgomery, AL Joey Molinaro – New York City […]
KINECTing to the Future
Video of my science fair project. Is it possible to control a robotic device using only human gestures? Using the Microsoft Kinect Software Developer Kit in conjunction with the Visual Basic and Arduino programming languages, it has proven to be possible.
Apply to Detroit Urban Craft Fair 2012
When I’m not here on Craft I’m usually busy with Handmade Detroit and the Detroit Urban Craft Fair. Our 2012 show is quickly approaching and we’re on the hunt for some great vendors. You can apply to the show now – applications will be accepted until midnight EST Sept. 25. Hope to see you there!