Month: August 2006

Needle felting tutorial

Betz White has a great needle felting tutorial up using one of those cool needlefelting tools from Clover. There’s also a great Japanese craft book I have that has tons of stencils and how tos in the book using this same technique (ISBN4-8347-6330-7). The Clover needlefelting tool is great because it’s much more ergonomic than […]

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Linux based Qtopia Greenphone

Linux based Qtopia Greenphone

Well, I’m really hoping this takes off – it’s 2006 and the “advanced” phones are still pretty crummy in one way or another – Trolltech has just announced a new GSM/GPRS Linux based phone platform / SDK – “Qtopia Greenphone is a Linux mobile development device open for unlimited software innovation. Offered as part of […]

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HOW TO – Make a Theremin

HOW TO – Make a Theremin

In 1919 Leon Theremin made an interesting instrument called the Theremin, it works a bit like a metal detector, and was the first musical instrument designed to be played without using your hands – here’s how to make one from “Popular Electronics November 1967” – Link. Related: Optical theremin + soapdish – Link. DIY RCA […]

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MAKE Japan – Amazon

On Amazon.co.jp 本: コンピュータ・インターネット MAKE Japan hit the top of “What’s New” (I think) – “ハードウェアハッキングとD.I.Yなど、作る楽しさを味わえる『Make』。英語オリジナル版では、多くのファンを獲得した注目のタイトルがいよいよ日本上陸！中古マウスで作るジャンクロボ、ミント缶ヘッドフォンアンプ、といったものから、ビデオデッキを改造して猫の給餌機を作る、といった他では読めないユニークな記事が満載だ。“ – Link & Amazon page. More: You can also download a sample MAKE 01 (Japanese PDF) here – Link. MAKE Japan – Link. MAKE Japan announcement – Link. MAKE Japan Flickr photo pool (just started!) – Link. We’re still […]

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