How-To: Truffle Party
I’ve always thought of chocolate truffles as being a fancy-pants kind of chocolate. That is, until I decided to throw a truffle party just because and it was a super smash hit!
Month: March 2011
March Craft Leftovers Monthly
The newest issue of the Craft Leftovers Zine is filled with fun projects to craft with friends, make for pets, and soothe your throat. Each issue is all original ideas, patterns, and illustrations from Kristin Roach and a few of her crafty buddies. Printed on 100% recycled paper at a local copy shop and hand […]
Polar Bear Spy Cams
These covert cameras employed by wildlife videographer John Downer imitate natural elements of the Arctic Norwegian environment to grab an insanely closeup view of the polar bear’s journey. Jacob Resneck at Cool Hunting writes: Downer employs three types of cameras to track the lives of two mother bears as they lead their clubs across Arctic […]
How-To: Knitting Needle Roll-Up Case
Visit Design*Sponge to see how you can make this simple, beautiful and incredibly handy knitting needle roll-up case. You could easily adapt it for use with other needle arts supplies as well.
Kinect + Open Drivers + Physics Engine = Piles of Kickable Corpses
The net result is a system that recognizes your movements and allows you to interact with virtual objects using the sophisticated physics of Valve’s engine, as the embedded video demonstrates. Don’t miss the bit at 0:30 where John, in the person of a giant robomechanical avatar, kicks a pile of virtual bodies across the screen.
How-To: Take Calls on Your Hand with a Bluetooth Glove
Rachel at Instructables shows you how to talk to the hand with her bluetooth phone headset glove.
In the Maker Shed: XGS AVR 8-Bit Development System
The XGS AVR 8-Bit is the ultimate fusion of art and science. Developed to be a very competitive entry/midrange development kit for the Atmel MEGA AVR 644 processor with 64K FLASH, 4K SRAM, and running at 28+ MIPs.