HOW TO – Bead Tree Holiday Decorations
Seattle’s Fusion Beads has some great online tutorials – I really like these little bead tree decorations.
Month: December 2008
Driodel, Droidel, Droidel
Our pal Bonnie Burton has a piece on StarWars.com on how to “Make Your Own Droidel Dreidel,” a paper-crafted dreidel that looks like R2-D2. I wonder how you say “Happy Chanukah” in Droidspeak? Droidel, Droidel, Droidel
Klockwerks Chronulator
This is a wonderful confluence of two personal favorites: a ShareBrained Chronulator meter clock kit, and the artistic vision of clockmaker Roger Wood. I don’t know if this one is for sale or already spoken for. Side note on the Chronulator kit: they’ve been sold out for a while now, but Jared is hard at […]
Solar lantern stays on 24/7
The “Solar Paper Latern” is made from 36 miniature solar panels with each connected up to an electroluminescent diode. The resulting light can remain on indefinitely, as long as the panels are near a spot of strong sun exposure. Solar Paper Lantern by Damien 0’Sullivan @ Saint Etienne Design Triennial
Place Card Pockets
Here’s a simple place-setting solution for upcoming holiday meals – make a place card pocket from this print-at-home free PDF from BlueArgyle. When you fold it up, you can hide a small surprise for your guests inside. After the holidays are over, I’m sure this would be great for large dinner parties of any celebratory […]
OpenSoundControl for Nintendo DS
A new update to the DS Music Interface Software project includes support for high-res data messages in the OSC format – OSC is an emerging standard for exchanging music control signals that is much more flexible and modern than MIDI. For example, OSC can directly communicate via network, so the PC-side DSMI server is not […]
Drawing machine creates to the beats
“Drawing Machine” is a robotic device that uses the physicality of sound vibrations to influence a pen rotating on a robotic arm. Check out the video to see this thing in action. via