It looks like a lot of work has been done in the last month toward building a C-like programming environment for the Mindstorms NXT brick. While ditching the graphical programming environment isn’t the best thing for everyone, if you’ve used NQC for the original Mindstorms, you know how many hacking opportunities it exposed, even with […]
Kiddley, the kids’ craft site, points to Norththreads cool idea to use paper CD cases to hold Valentine’s Day cookies. Of course! The see-through area is perfect for optimum cookie viewing. via Link.
Apropos of my previous post today, in which I mentioned that Stikkit would “likely be the source of great productivity hacks in the future,” I’m happy to report that the future begins in earnest now. Just in from Stikkit HQ, Rael tips us off to the brand-new Stikkit API: As much as we believe in […]
I went to the Cooper-Hewitt National Design museum to check out their Design Trienniel, which features Make Magazine. There were a ton of great craft-related entries, including the Ladd brothers and their amazing beaded handbags and boxes and Judy Geib, whose crocheted jewelry stands and shell bags are just stunning. The exhibit is up until […]
Hayeon Yoo has created a prototype called the Origami TV Remote Control Interface which enables children to learn the basics of TV functions in an act of play. The origami shape is in the classic “cootie catcher” game. By moving the prototype users were able to change channels and control the volume. Link.
CWF wrote: “My students are all very innocent and naive users of Windows XP. What I have in mind is to leave them each with a Linux LiveCD or two that they’ll be able to use as a rescue disc in case they get malware installing itself. So, the best way to teach this, I […]
Since this is blinky ALERT LEVEL RED week, we’re giving everyone a special treat from the pages of CRAFT – Here’s how to make an LED shirt, you could make just about design and pattern, you know like an Aqua Teen Hunger Force LED Ignignokt Mooninite. In fact, if you make one and you’re the […]
