How-To: RGB LED brooch
Ira Goldberg made this RGB LED brooch that changes color depending on how it’s snapped together. In the Maker Shed: LED Sewing Kit
Year: 2010
UpCraft Wall Art
Lily of The House of Mirth made these wall hangings for a university project using recycled fabrics and garments and her “top secret” felting technique. [via Wardrobe Refashion]
Heatswell – heat activated coffee cup insulation
Heatswell via NOTCOT. Pour a hot beverage like coffee, tea, hot chocolate or soup into this thin stackable coffee cup and watch its midsection swell to form a cool insulating collar – a 100% genuine endothermic reaction.
Embroidered Potentiometers
Hannah Perner-Wilson writes about her embroidered potentiometers: Made using the zig-zag stitch on the sewing machine to sew/embroider a conductive and a resistive trace side by side. Then any conductive object can be used to bridge the contact between the traces and measure the position/distance from measuring point through the change in resistance. In the […]
How-To: Fabric Folder Portfolio
This fabric folder portfolio from Niesz Vintage Home is a great way to keep your notepad covered and have some handy pockets available for stashing notes and other pieces of paper.
Run Java apps on Android
Zurich-based Myriad has announced a new tool called J2Android that converts Java MIDlet apps to run on Android.
500 LED extreme flashlight
Check out this fabulous 50w 500 LED flashlight from maker ledcreations.