Following up on my post about dried flower arrangements and how easy they are in so many ways, here’s another great flower project that involves no remembering to water, no need to add sugar (or is it ammonia?) to keep the stems fresh, and no mess once the flowers began to drop their petals. Plus, […]
http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=parsons-100828215301-phpapp01&stripped_title=sparklelab-widget-makers&userName=arielchuri SparkleLab: Widget Makers @ Parsons, Ariel writes – I am teaching a new class at Parsons School of Design. SparkleLab: Widget Makers is similar to a your standard physical computing class. We cover basic electronics and microcontrollers with Arduino. But, instead of thinking up some contraption to make, we will create relatively simple devices. […]
As far I can recall this is the first time an open source hardware product has been certified for 3G networks. There are many milestones in open source hardware, and there will be many more – this is one of them. Get on the country’s most reliable network, with full compliance, day one! BUG’s 3G […]
Building a wire turtle (video)…
Flickr user gdafm saw my recent rebar bike post and sent us a link to these photos he took in Ampareas, Peru, of a pedal powered grain mill made in large part of welded rebar, including pedals and a rebar bike seat. [Thanks, gdaf!]
Here’s a fun printable you can use to add some color and whimsy to any corner of a room. The set of owls was created by Katy Petty of Mini Eco, and are posted up over at Skip to My Lou. Related: How-To: Paper Owl Mobile
Why scratch out a game of naughts and crosses on the sidewalk when you can use a computer-controlled mill to carve a board and pieces out of solid billet aluminum and bronze? Thingiverse user hugomatic knows the answer to that question, whatever it may be.
