Thread Lightly
Fastidious, intricate, and dreamy, the woven thread installation of French artist Sébastien Preschoux is one web I’d like to be caught in.
Month: February 2011
Knit Headphone Cozies
My husband is a bit of an audiophile, so he was crushed when our toddler ripped the foam covers on his expensive headphones to shreds. “Could you… knit me some?” he asked. So for Valentine’s Day, I tracked down this knit headphone cozy pattern, which were just the right size! They were quick to knit […]
Shelf Pod is Both Bibliophile’s and Cat’s Dream House
The Kazuya Morita Architecture Studio in Japan designed this bookshelf-lined Shelf Pod house for a lucky book collector. I know plenty of people who have homes lined with ordinary bookshelves, but this Wonderland-esque design takes it to a whole new level. I’m ready to move in! [via inhabitat]
Make It Last Build Series #3: Finishing the Stepper Motor Drivers for the Drawbot
Today, the latest newsletter went out for the Make It Last Build Series, sponsored by Microchip and Energizer. The goal for this week was to finish getting the stepper motor controller for our Drawbot working. By the time you’re finished, you should have at least one stepper motor turning in both directions on command. Check […]
DIY Projection Screen Paint Tests
Movie theater and other high quality screens are often surfaced with tiny glass beads to provide high “screen gain,” which is a measure of the screen’s reflectivity versus a reference surface. It occurred to me it might be possible to DIY this effect on the cheap using 80-grit glass bead sandblasting media from Harbor Freight. So I bought 25 lbs and ran some tests. The short version? It works! But, as usual, not quite like I expected it to. Keep reading for all the gritty (ha) details, or just hang tight and wait for the full tutorial, coming soon!
Hack the WM+ to Talk to Arduino
Our new Arduino projects contributor, Riley Porter, has posted another cool project to our Make: Arduino page. In the project, he shows you how to hook up a Wii MotionPlus motion capture device to your Arduino to easily get 3-axis gyroscopic data onto the Arduino platform. You can use this set-up to control up to […]
Paper Crafts Roundup
We’ve had so many interesting and fun paper projects over the years that I thought it would be great to showcase our favorites in this paper crafts roundup.