Plans, history and how-tos on making “Hexayurts” – “A hexayurt is a new design for refugee shelters. The “hexayurt design pattern” simplifies geodesic dome geometry so that it can be built using standard 4′ x 8′ sheet goods of whatever kind are appropriate to the task at hand: hexacomb cardboard, plywood, foam. The design has […]
OK Crafters & Makers, you’re in for a treat, we’re testing out something really new – delivering patterns over iTunes for our new zine CRAFT! That’s right, you can click this link and (hopefully) the CRAFT Magazine channel will be added to iTunes and soon, each week you’ll get audio, videos and PDF sewing patterns […]
Jeez, Max is on a roll, again, this time making a touch screen blackjack machine for a boring start and stop commute – “Okay today I was thinking and figured, why don’t I just put a touch-screen slotmachine in my car? I am stuck in traffic 2 hours a day. So that’s 2 x 5 […]
The San Jose Museum of Art has a collection of globes with all sorts of info-graphics on them, here’s one with life expectancy – “Exploring how maps mediate between the known and the unknown, Ingo Gunther’s WorldProcessor presents more than 25 illuminated, modified globes to engage audiences into journeying among alternative worldviews, from “refugee currents” […]
Each week Chuck @ Toolmonger rounds up the week in tools, go get your tool on… – “This week we tested Black & Decker’s (very) new HandiSaw – an inexpensive miniature reciprocating saw for use around the house – that’ll hit the shelves this October. We also took a first-hand look at the Dremel Stylus. […]
This kit is pretty simple so it would be a good kit to learn about soldering. It took me about an hour to put together, but a seasoned solderer could put it together faster. Download the pdf and print it out to have next to you as you put this together. This PDF has lots […]
This project looks like a lot of fun to weave different color ribbons into a bag. Link.
