Month: July 2008

Made in Japan – Volume 24

Made in Japan – Volume 24

This week: Time-lapse Video of Rice Paddy Art, Making Shocked Skeleton Photos, Self-Standing Gyro Crawler, Creative+Ecological Packaging in Japan, Giant Newspaper Gag, Akibarduino – The Akihabara-centric Arduino-compatible, “Pimped” Fixed-gears in Japan, Papercraft Houses of the World – Asia Edition, and a Cheap Earbud Amplifier. Time-lapse Video of Rice Paddy Art I posted a blurb about […]

Knitted Anne Boleyn

From the CRAFT Flickr Pool: user caffaknitted made this knitted Anne Boleyn doll, complete with detachable head. Anne Boleyn was Henry VIII’s second wife and the mother of Elizabeth I. In this doll the head is held on by magnets and plumbing fixtures, about which I am curious to learn more!

Programmable IR Receiver

Programmable IR Receiver

Simerec’s SIS-2 programmable infrared receiver chip seems a quick solution for adding IR control to electronics projects – The SIS-2 monitors an IR receiver, and when a certain remote code is detected, an output pin will toggle. Two outputs are available and any code on any remote can be taught to the SIS-2. This makes […]