Kerry Jia Yi Lin designed this “hermit” shelter for public napping. While I agree with Syuzi Pakhchyan that the use of RFID to open and close the shelter is a bit of overkill, the servo-conrolled opening and closing of the hood is pretty nifty. Did I mention I also like naps? [via Fashioning Technology] More: […]
Jennifer Perkins of Naughty Secretary Club creates fun jewlery from found objects and is known for her big, bold, colorful designs and personality. Her studio is a fantastic collection of fun items she’s collected from years of thrift store and antique festival adventures. During the last few weeks, Jen has been working on clearing out, […]
While the planning has started for this year’s official Maker Faires, Minneapolis’s own Twin Cities Maker is plotting its own mini Faire at their Hack Factory hackerspace. Already, eight makers or groups have signed on to exhibit, including a builder of cigar-box electric guitars and amps, a group specializing in replica props, and the Tripoli […]
Matt Mets @ MAKE writes: Here’s an older project by Micah Dowty, that I just found out about: a homebrew soft circuit RFID tag. Not content to just make a homebrew RFID reader using a Propeller microcontroller, he proceeded to design an RFID tag using only an ATtiny85 microcontroller and an inductor, and built an […]
Can your kids identify a Shiny Pichu but not a Procyon lotor (raccoon)? An open source initiative called the Phylomon Project aims to change that. “What is this?” you ask? Well, it’s an online initiative aimed at creating a Pokémon card type resource but with real creatures on display in full “character design” wonder. Not […]
Google Reader Tricks for Craft Bloggers from Diane Gilleland on Vimeo. A few years ago, I switched all my RSS feeds to Google Reader, and my blog reading and sharing has never been the same. As I’ve uncovered more and more tricks on how Google Reader can make my reading and sharing more efficient, I […]
Yet still another sweet piece of kit debuted at Austin’s monthly Handmade Music event – the Nebulophone from Bleep Labs incorporates a digital synth running on Arduino compatible hardware with a stylophone-like PCB keyboard. Additional features include a light-controlled analog filter, LFO, and IR-synced arpeggiator – want want! Code + schematics can be found over […]
