From typewriter to teleprinter
Flickr user numist had a typerwriter that he wasn’t using anymore, so he converted it into a teleprinter.
Month: February 2010
How-To: Stencil Plates
I love this fun way to spruce up old plates with simple stencils (from Ed Roth’s Stencil 101 book) and spray paint from 101-woonideeen. It would be a great way to add a decorative touch to any wall or shelf. [via Bloesem]
CRAFT weekly recap
This week on CRAFT we saw: Nerdy geeky love and more, read on! Made-in-Brooklyn Maple Syrup, How-To: Blow A Kiss Flipbook, and Runway Skulls!
CRAFT Flickr Pool Weekly Recap
This week in the CRAFT Flickr pool we saw: Invasion Sweater by mandalinarossa, Partial Ribcage Top by ~aorta~, Brushed Steel Cowbell by hardwareaesthetic, and Red Octopus by micanenco.
In the Maker Shed: Open Heart kit V2.0
The Open Heart kit V2.0 is a matrix of individually addressable LEDs that allow you to create customizable animations when connected to your favorite micro controller. Attach it temporarily to fabrics with headers that you simply push through, or sew it into a project with conductive fabric for a more permanent setup. It’s “Charlieplexed” so you need only 6 wires to control the 27 LEDs
Are atoms the new bits?
It all started when Chris Anderson wrote an article for WIRED titled “In The Next Industrial Revolution, Atoms Are The New Bits in which he took the position that, in effect, “making” constituted a new paradigm that would reshape the way manufacturing works. Along came feisty blogger Joel Johnson of Gizmodo who penned a withering […]
Brickarms molds
These are the molds custom Lego armorer Will Chapman of BrickArms uses to make his gats. BrickArms was recently mentioned in Chris Anderson’s genre-defining Atoms Are The New Bits article in WIRED, cited as an example of an amateur turning his or her hobby into a profession. I wrote Will to find out more about […]