Wind alternative alternatives
Hack n Mod has a video round-up of wind generating schemes beyond the well-known bladed turbine. Next Gen Wind Energy you have Never Seen
Month: July 2008
More Zach DeBord Pummers
Zach DeBord, who did the bots and photos in my Pummer, Dude! piece in MAKE Volume 08, and collab’d with me on the Vibrobots and Solar Roller pieces for Street Tech, has posted a bunch of new pics of his Pummers on his Flickr sets. 2006 BEAM Pummers More: MAKE Volume 08: Pummer, Dude! [Free […]
CRAFT Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
This week in the CRAFT Flickr pool we saw: Plush Mounted Red Snapper Tom Selleck Cake Laser-engraved Bearded Men (well, in the MAKE pool, but still awesome!) And I am just constantly impressed with the huge variety of innovative things you all make: Knit plushie made from child’s drawings Recycled necklace necklace Sewn companion cube […]
ThreadHeads – Refashion a Yoga Mat into Flip Flops
Corrine shows you how to take an old yoga mat and refashion them into Summer flip flops!
Reverse autocomplete
Traditional autocomplete is such a powerful tool that it’s managed to work its way into most desktop and a significant number of web applications. Type a URL into your browser, and the address bar will offer suggestions for all of the URLs in your browsing history that begin with the text that precedes your cursor. […]
Chip and Shell Bug
A find from the CRAFT Flickr Pool: Audrey Robots made a classic IC bug, but with seashell wings! More: One minute project “Chip bugs” on MAKE
Sticky Notebooks
From the greetingarts blog: Using pads of sticky notes, scrapbook paper and a few other supplies, I made one of these books for each of [my daughter’s] classmates to celebrate the last day of Kindergarten. It didn’t take that long, and I thought some of you might like the idea. This is a nice way […]