How-To: Document folders from keyboard circuit sheets
Instructables user zieak upcycled some discarded keyboard circuit sheets into this attractively geeky document folder for his wife.
Month: March 2010
Giant 3D printer can print buildings (theoretically)
Blueprint Magazine describes a very neat machine: In a small shed on an industrial park near Pisa is a machine that can print buildings. The machine itself looks like a prototype for the automotive industry. Four columns independently support a frame with a single armature on it. Driven by CAD software installed on a dust-covered […]
Building a spot welder from a battery charger
Josh at imsolidstate came across an extra battery charger, so he decided to turn it into a spot welder.
Saw blade that cuts and sands
The Final Cut saw blade packs sandpaper on the sides for a smoother cut. The latest in saw blade technology. Fully patented and proven successful in cutting and sanding your work piece all at one time. Use with table saw and power miter boxes for the perfect joint or finished edge. No edge sanding is […]
Spring-cleaning sale in the Maker Shed
As part of our spring-cleaning sale in the Maker Shed we are also offering FREE shipping on orders overs $125! Just use the code “CLEARME” at checkout. But what about all our international friends? We have a deal for you too! All you overseas folks can get $10 off your shipping, just use code “MAR-10” at check out.
Seasonal Flickr color cycle
This visualization of the way colors in Flickr images change over the course of the year was created by Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg of IBM’s Visual Communication Lab. It’s called “Flickr Flow.”
The two of us see the world as a stream of color, and in 2009 we finally had a chance to draw the river in our heads. We began with a collection of photographs of the Boston Common taken from Flickr. Using an algorithm developed for the WIRED Anniversary visualization, our software calculated the relative proportions of different colors seen in photos taken in each month of the year, and plotted them on a wheel. The image [above] is an early sketch from the piece. Summer is at the top, with time proceeding clockwise.
The finished infographic, complete with seasonal labels and callouts of representative images, appeared in the Metric section of Boston magazine in March of 2009. You can view a low-res version of it here.
How-To: Paper Cherry Blossom Branch
I love this simple project from Book Hour Craft Projects that combines gathered branches and paper flowers for a beautiful effect. Between this and Betz’s rainbow pussy willow project, I’ve got serious spring on the brain!