Each winter especially around the holidays, I can’t seem to get enough of knitting and crochet projects. I’ve always got one, (ok at least 3 or 4 projects) going on. To keep your knitter or crocheter happy this holiday, here are some gift ideas I know they would love. Baby Grape – South American Merino […]
Ooo, this music table looks like fun! I think I would like a counter-top version though, so I could prepare my xylophone and lunch at the same time.
From the Design Media Lab at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, this “crystal zoetrope” technology involves spinning a cylinder of acrylic with internally etched 3D designs. The disk is surrounded by an array of LEDs that can flash in time with the rotation, or slightly asynchronously, to make the designs appear to move in space, and, additionally, to gradually rotate around the center of the cylinder in one direction or another. The direction and speed of rotation can be controlled by gestural movements on the tabletop. [via Dude Craft]
Speaking of reusable coffee cup holders, Ana of Paco Collars just announced their gorgeous leather coffee cup cozy (aka coozie). You can still get it in time for Christmas if you order it today. (Same goes for the beautiful handmade dog collars, human belts and bracelets, and other leather goods.) If you want to try […]
Want to add some switches and dials to your wall without running all those wires? Or perhaps it would be nice to animate that drawing of a control panel that you made? Well then, you might want to take a look at PUCK, the latest project by Eric Gradman and Brent Bushnell.
Latest Gadget Freak! Table Saw quick cleanup, simple Hall effect sensor project – When John Dawson turns on his table saw he wants a Shop-Vac to automatically turn on, too. He might have controlled a duplex outlet from a wall switch, but where’s the fun in that? Instead, he uses a Hall-Effect sensor to detect […]
Contests and challenges like the current Crafty Chica Deck the Halls Challenge are great ways to stretch your imagination, and push yourself to try something new. When I was thinking of an inspirational project that would capture the Crafty Chica spirit of color and sparkle, I decided to approach a technique that was easy and […]
