Model railroad slums
I think I like these painstakingly detailed model railroad slums from artist Peter Feigenbaum more than the pristine happy versions – [via] Link.
Month: September 2007
Convert PDF to Gerber and NC Drill formats
Matt writes – A few months ago, I had a problem — I wanted to design a printed circuit board in Adobe Illustrator, but also wanted to send it out to BatchPCB for manufacturing. Board houses require that designs be submitted in Gerber format, the creation of which generally requires special CAD software. At first […]
SMSage makes surveillance fun
“SMSage”, an art installation by Tim Redfern and Ralph Borland, currently showing at the Conflux Festival in Brooklyn, is an SMS-driven urban installation that plants a sound murmur in the city when people send text messages to it. The project converts submitted text messages to speech and plays them over a parabolic speaker built into […]
Hacking the Hot Wheels Radar Gun
Ed Paradis has put some thought into a couple of hacks for the Hot Wheels toy radar gun: The Hot Wheels Radar Gun is a real radar gun currently (Feb 2007) available from Walmart and other retailers for about $30 (USD). It is a real radar gun, operating at 10.525 GHz capable of clocking cars, […]
Best of CRAFT
Here are some of my favorite posts from the CRAFT blog this week: HOW TO – Make a Rainbow Zebra Pinata – Link. Stitchable Arduino Patches – Link. Cooking with Edible Flowers – Link. Recycled Light Bulb Lamps – Link. Shrinky Plastic Keychains – Link.
Foxhole Radio Making – End of the weekend… projects!
If you didn’t have a chance to make a foxhole radio this weekend, take an hour or two and make one up! Watch the video – Link Read the PDF instructions – Link Subscribe – Link
Girls Wrap Dress Pattern
Jessi points us to this cute wrap-around dress by Tiny Happy that will fit a 2-3 year old girl. Just adorable! Link.