Cola curtain will keep you up at night
This curtain was made from hundreds of old aluminum soda cans strung together with metal wires. We just wonder if the maker of this project actually drank all of this soda.
Month: July 2008
Hexayurt project
The Hexayurt Project looks great, tons of info and more on the site… The Hexayurt is a prize-winning shelter you can build yourself for about $200 (backup link). Suitable raw materials include common building materials ( fire safe insulation boards,) hexacomb cardboard and plastic. You cut six 4′ x 8′ panels in half diagonally to […]
ogi lumen + open source tools for neon, nixie tubes and LEDs
James writes in – This pretty cool: a modular nixie driver kits that let you gang up a whole bunch of nixies in a row. The site has a really beautifully illustrated assembly guide too, A+ on the documentation. I’m thinking this would be perfect for a nixie clock or a giant, mile long display […]
Stamp-based parking assistant
As HackedGadgets put it: This Basic Stamp Microcontroller Based Garage Parking Assistant may be overkill for the application but that is what makes it fun. :) What fun would it be to hang a tennis ball from the ceiling when you can use technology to give you a traffic light that represents your optimal parking […]
HOW TO – Knit a Vlad the Impaler Hat
This knitted Vlad the Impaler hat from The AntiCraft is sure to keep your head cozy on your next foray into battle, what with its bobble rivets and pre-bloodied spike!
Pocket Synths by James Watt
James Watt, maker of the Solar Thereamin I build a while back, has another really cool project. This time he created 2 pocket synthesizers inspired by the Atari Punk Console and a post on the Voices of Saturn Synth kit. I really hope he turns this into a kit like the solar theremin. [Thanks Jim] […]
Synth DIY 2008 video montage from the UK
Sonic State has a great video montage of the Synth DIY 2008 show from the UK. It looks like the event was really cool. I only wish it were a few thousand miles closer! I wasn’t able to embed the video, but it’s just a click away. We’ve already posted a number of videos from […]