How-To: Fabric Belts
Casey at Casey’s Elegant Musings shares how to make your own custom fabric belts, perfect for embellishing your favorite outfits.
Month: March 2011
More on the iPod-controlled GTO
In this follow-up to a video that Adam posted almost one year ago today, muscle car modder Dave Phipps gives a more detailed tour of his networked, iPod Touch-controlled ’69 GTO, and describes how he’s utilized the RedEye universal remote. Look, this dude has a 100-pair punchdown block in the trunk of his car! Here’s […]
CRAFT Nominated for TreeHugger’s Best of Green 2011 – Please Vote!
We are so honored to be nominated for Treehugger’s Best of Green 2011 Reader’s Choice Awards Fashion + Beauty. We are in the “Best DIY or Crafting for Style” category with some pretty amazing folks we admire. Please take a second and vote for us. The deadline to submit your vote is at 11:59 EDT […]
Energy Harvesting – Is It For Fools?
Energy Harvesting – Is It For Fools? by Jeri Ellsworth… Extremely funny video! Jeri build’s a pedal powered 1980’s Nintedo excise bike to shows several ways to harvest energy with Linear Technologies power management products. LTC3109EUF – Auto-polarity, Ultralow Voltage Step-Up Converter and Power Manager LTC3588EMSE – Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Power Supply It’s a […]
How-To: Simple Drawstring Coin Purse
I love this simple drawstring coin purse tutorial from Pascale at Between the Lines. As she puts it: The nice thing about these coin purses is that you can make them in any size, really. Make them for keeping your change within reach, to keep little secrets, to hide baby teeth under your kid’s pillow […]
Where Have All the Robots Gone?
Right after the Japanese earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster, I began jokingly mentioning to friends: “At least Japan has lots of robots that can help.” Then, as the days have worn on, and the tragedies mount, I started seeing comments on Facebook and blogs, asking: “Where are the robots!?” Where are the robots? Japan is […]
Retractable Kitchen Island Controlled by iPhone
Tim Thaler built a kitchen island that retracts into the floor, and is controlled by an iPhone. Retractable Kitchen Island Controlled by iPhone