How-To: Use hard drives for image stabilization
Instructables user BobS made a gyroscopic image stabilizer from two harddrives and some spare parts. I’ll save this one for my next helicopter trip over the Serengeti.
Year: 2009
Precious larvae
French artist and naturalist Hubert Duprat used the hermit crab shell switcheroo technique to make these precious and semi-precious materials available to a group of caddis fly larvae. The larvae used the materials to construct protective casings for themselves. Hubert Duprat interview [via Teagan Tall] More: Hermit crabs in glass
Open Source Embroidery in San Francisco
Open Source Embroidery opens at the SF Museum of Craft and Folk Art October 2.
Breath-monitoring dress
I’m curious what kind of sensor they’re using to make this breath-monitoring dress with dimming/brightening LEDs under the top layer of fabric.
Eat my arm. Gain my power.
I’m expecting a lot of prawn-armed Wikuses (Wiki?) this year, but the award goes to YouTuber GrafixFan for producing the first bloggable District-9 related Halloween costume images I’ve seen. We must harvest his tissues immediately.
MAKE visits GE
Last week, the New York-based MAKE team head up to GE’s research center in Niskayuna, NY to meet some of their engineers, many of whom are makers in addition to what they make at work.
How-To: Dirndl Clothespin Bag
I don’t have a clothesline in my yard, but this fantastic dirndl clothespin bag from Hannah of Knick Knacks & Ric Rac makes me want to put one in immediately. About 10 years ago i got this adorable dirndl-style vintage clothespin bag, and even though i am very delicate with it (as delicate as you […]