Month: May 2007

Scrabble Skirt

Cory of Leif Labs makes super cool messenger bags (here and here). But when he isn’t sewing up bags, he’s making skirts for Brianne. I love the Scrabble Skirt here. Cory shares how he develops patterns to make these kinds of skirts so you can make one too! Link.

The Desktop Factory – Fab@Home

The Desktop Factory – Fab@Home

Pop Sci on the Fab@Home project – Roboticist Hod Lipson wants you to stop shopping and use his portable 3-D printer to make your own stuff. As a child, Hod Lipson lost Lego pieces constantly. Now the 39-year-old director of Cornell University’s Computational Synthesis Lab can build replacement parts on the spot. Completed last year, […]

Make a wire storage tower

Make a wire storage tower

Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories shows you how to make a wire storage tower – If you accumulate project material like we do, you’ve probably got a heap of half-empty wire spools from junk shops taking up space in a box or on a desk. We’ve got a simple solution for you: a small flat piece […]

Microsoft Surface: Multi-touch Table

Microsoft is showing off their multi-touch table “Surface” complete with RFID, wireless, sensors and a whole lot of other things (watch the Popular Mechanics video on how it works)… You can’t buy one, but they will be appearing in a couple casinos and some stores to demo… Link. More: Surface computing – Link. Surface @ […]