We’ve been covering Sony and their “war” on makers, hackers and innovators for awhile here and I wanted to share a thoughtful reader email, Kyle writes in… On your post RE: Sony and GitHub/Linux on PS3, you and I had a bit of a spirited discussion. At the end of it, you encouraged me to […]
I just went to the most wonderful two-year-old birthday party and thought I’d share a few shots for inspiration. It had a bird theme, complete with dress-up bird wings for the birthday girl, a hand-sewn felt bird mask for each kid, wooden birdhouses for them to paint, and beautiful naturally dyed hard-boiled eggs. I was […]
I spent today at EYEO Festival in Minneapolis, a really cool interactive conference with an awesome makery twist. One of the seminars was Sparkfun’s introduction of a sweet new Arduino configuration they call the ProtoSnap. The cost was a hilariously low $20, but they were donating all the money to the Science Museum of Minnesota. […]
By Diane Gilleland In our recent CRAFT Reader Survey, you told us you’d like to see a wider variety of crafters featured here. And we always love finding new ideas! As some of you know, we have a submission form, and you can submit post ideas to us anytime. We love hearing from you! But […]
Green Wedding Shoes offers up this tutorial for DIY burlap boutonnieres. A nice alternative for folks looking for a long-lasting wedding keepsake.
Shown uppermost is the prototype of a handheld artillery spotting device developed as a student capstone project at West Point. The blue board to upper left is pretty clearly an Arduino Mega. You can see, in the near upper corner of that board, where the DC power jack has been desoldered and the pads hardwired to the battery pack. The system, called DemonEye, is now reportedly undergoing field testing.
A sphericon is a shape that you get by: (1) rotating a symmetric polygon about a mirror axis to get a solid of revolution, (2) cutting the solid into two equal pieces, and (3) putting the pieces back together differently. With a lathe or a 3D printing machine, it is easy to make many kinds of sphericons, with different starting polygons. Here is one based on a star.
