I am thrilled to see that our pal, Kristin, of Craft Leftovers has created a set of hand embroidery patterns, of which the first installment is now available in her shop. Her drawings are always so lovely, and beg to be stitched. Now, she’s created some for that express purpose. Her Crafty Buddies designs are […]
The fine folks over at Core77 have a bunch of pictures from the launch of the Oregon Manifest Constructor’s Design Challenge. The top 12 designs will be on display for the duration of the event.
This wooden hand crank iPhone dock automata by Murtaza Lakdawala is equal parts form and function. Turn the crank and watch the gears mesh as the automata changes the iPhone’s orientation from portrait to landscape.
I love this funky robotic arm that looks like it’s something from the set of Terry Gilliam’s Brazil. The arm is constructed of techno-junk, recycled PCB material, cassette motors, 15-gauge wire, fishing line. The “brains” for the arm is a 6502 CPU from the 1980s. Tres retro! While you’re on the site, check out some […]
Wow, I didn’t really want to believe this, but playgrounds really did look a lot different in the 70s. Dangerous, metal… fun. Post your memories up in the comments!
Circuit-bending/music machine-building maestro Gijs Gieskes has posted the details of his latest creation, a synth that uses the SEGA video RAM as an audio source (after it’s been slowed down via a binary counter). Check out his use of magnetic patch bays to switch up the sounds. His tutorial on how to make the patch […]
The Howard Phillips Lovecraft Historical Society, whose work I dearly love and have written about before, is compiling a complete prop edition of the Necronomicon from reader submissions! There was, apparently, a “Necronomicontest” of some sort to encourage submissions, the deadline of which has now passed, but they are still accepting “mad ramblings” here.
