From traditional crafts to modern crafts, we’re covering news and interesting projects to educate you and keep you inspired. Design trends and pop culture related projects are here to inspire.
Prometheus writes – “…Instructions on how to break the seal on modular power supplies to fix the common problem of fatigue breaks in the cord, repair the internals, or salvage for other uses. This will violate warrantees so do this only for equipment not covered by one.” – Link.
Here’s a homemade boombox made from some old speakers, solar panels, balsa wood and a MP3 player – [via] – Link.
Slowmotionlandscape made an Altoid tin pinhole camera, made in a hotel room, then used to take a stunning photo of Coney Island – I really like projects like this, even if you’re stuck in a hotel with just a gift shop for parts, there’s something to be made… Link.
Oskay2 turned an old monitor into a cat bed, seems like the cat likes it, or it’s just a clever background image – “JellyBean hangs out in Harley’s converted Apple Two-Page Monochrome Monitor, which has been repurposed into a cat bed. I removed the CRT, circuit boards, and added the towel and some catnip. “ […]
Francesca of Cute Circuit gave us a recap of the fashion technology show, FutureFashion, that happened last week in Pisa, Italy (posted here). She says, “The event was fantastic! We had fun and the people from Pisa and Telecom Italia loved it!” Here’s a link to all the pictures for those of us who couldn’t […]
A MAKE reader writes in with how to use your iPod to speed dial, might also be hand if you need to enter in calling card #s – “The iPod phone may be calling, but until Apple answers we’d best make due with what we have. You’d be surprised how phone savvy your iPod is […]
The stars of the studio are man made puppets which are known and recognized around the world… Fashioned from fiberglass and made almost alive by painstaking artistry, they bring the age old art of puppetry truly into the 20th century. Thanks Puppet Vision!
