Winners of Crease + Fold
The winners from our book giveaway for Crease + Fold are: Vivian from Honolulu, HI, Shannon from Newburgh, NY, and Adrienne from Canada. Thanks to everyone who entered. More giveaways will be coming soon!
Month: January 2011
How-To: Crochet Hearts Four Ways
These little crochet hearts from June of Planet June are the perfect thing to whip up for decoration, gifts or display. This is a clever little pattern to make sweet hearts in three sizes – each heart builds on the pattern of the previous heart. You can also make a bonus puffy heart to give […]
Codebox: What do you want to do with Processing?
In the comments from the last Codebox, someone asked for more info about video and Processing, which got me wondering: what other topics are people interested in? So, what interests you? Let us know by filling in this painless form and we’ll try to cover them in future posts.
In the Maker Shed: DSO Nano V2.0
The DSO Nano v2.0 from the Maker Shed is a digital storage oscilloscope designed for basic electronic engineering tasks. The Nano features an ARM Cortexâ„¢ M3 32 bit platform, which provides basic waveform monitoring. It has a 320*240 color LCD, micro SD card storage, portable probes, LiPo Battery, USB connection, and signal generator. Perfect for […]
In the Maker Shed: Mintronics – Survival Pack
You never know when you’ll find yourself in a MacGyver moment. It can happen anywhere, at any time. Wouldn’t it be easier to hack those electronics with some real components instead of a rubber band and a paper clip? The Mintronics: Survival Pack from the Maker Shed contains over 60 useful components for making, hacking, […]
Handmade Portraits: Mabel Pike
Etsy’s got a fascinating video about Alaska craftswoman Mabel Pike: Tlingit Native elder Mabel Pike first learned how to sew moccasins from her great-grandmother in the 1920s. After her village in Douglas, Alaska burned down in 1926, Mabel’s parents moved their family to Juneau, where Mabel and her sisters began selling their handcrafted Native wares. […]
The Sporenspiel, a spore-activated glockenspiel
This shows an early incarnation of the Sporenspiel, a glockenspiel which is automatically played based on the amount of spores falling from a mushroom in real time. This video shows the Sporenspiel being played from a video file of mushroom spores, but it will eventually be triggered by real life mushroom spores. [Thanks, Adam!]