Leah Buechley at the MIT Media Lab made a compilation video of many LilyPad Arduino projects, including our own blinky bike patch and my LilyPad Arduino Embroidery. Nice to see these all in one place! More: CRAFT Video: LilyPad Arduino Blinking Bike Patch CRAFT Video: LilyPad Arduino 101 Craft Meets Tech at MIT LilyPad in […]
Sometimes the hardest task during the holidays is finding a gift for the ones you love the most. Here are a few suggestions, both splurges and steals, to help you check their names off your list. Your mom may be the photographer and your nephew the cook, but hopefully there’s something for everyone! For Your […]
I love crafting with kids and this new book, Sewing School: 21 Sewing Projects Kids Will Love to Make gets me really excited for sewing with kids! It’s a book that’s perfect for the upcoming rainy and snowy days when you’re stuck indoors with your bored little ones. Authors Amie Petronis Plumley and Andria Lisle […]
By Jessica Wilson For the past few years, I have seen pretty little laser-cut ornaments in the craft stores. Recently, on a paint run to Michael’s, I discovered an assortment of lovely unstained snowflakes. They were so pretty, I scooped up about a dozen or so. They are the perfect size to place a hot […]
Bazaar Bizarre San Francisco is back for it’s fourth year! The holiday craft fair will feature 150 carefully juried artists and designers at Fort Mason over two days (December 11, 12, 2010). CRAFT will be there with it’s own booth so stop by to say hi to us and enter the raffle for your chance […]
Miami maker Marc DeVidts made this Star-Trek-style sliding door for his house. What do you think, readers, would a motion sensor be an advantage? While authentic to the show, I could see it being more annoying than helpful.
Man, and I thought the hacks on the Wii sensor bar came fast and furious. Amazing what people are doing with the Xbox Kinect and how viral all of these hacks quickly become. This one, an autonomous quadrotor, uses the Kinect Sensor for navigation and obstacle avoidance. It was done as part of the STARMAC […]
