Handmade stuffed animals
Artist Natasha Fadeeva makes these almost unbearably cute stuffed animals from mohair and needle-felt ….[via] – Link.
Month: October 2006
Rose umbrella
Ok, I’d never buy this, but I think I would re-CRAFT an old umbrella It’s a clever idea, when you fold it up it looks more like a bouquet of flowers and not much like a crummy umbella… [via] – Link.
DIY Lightning strobe for Halloween projects
Our friends at Design News have a new “Gadget Freak” how-to, this one is for Halloween, a lightning strobe! – “When the local church needed storm effects for a skit, sound man Dick Neubert found the thunder on the Internet and added “lightning” with a photoflash strobe. He used an uncommitted output from the mixing […]
Boyd’s tin can Stirling hot air engines
Boyd’s site is filled with examples, photos, plans and information on building your own [via] – Link. Related: Stirling engines models – Link. HOW TO – Make a Stirling engine from a can – Link. From the pages of MAKE: The Two-Can Stirling Engine – The Stirling engine has long captivated inventors and dreamers. Here […]
The inventiveness of Chinese farmers…
A 75 year old Chinese farmer invented and built this DIY dual-use amphibious vehicle (called “The Happy Boat”). It has a 5 HP diesel engine and a 1 HP electric engine, he plans to take it on vacation soon… [via] – Link. Related: The inventiveness of farmers – Link. DIY projects, from China – Link.
HOW TO – Build a bluetooth controlled Holloween hovercraft party light!
Max added more tech to his DIY hovercraft and made a Halloween version, the one is controlled via Bluetooth! The video is fun, Max is really in to it… – Link. Related: DIY Hovercraft… – Link. Hoverwing – Hovercraft / Hoverplane kit – Link. DIY Hovercraft with 4 PC fans @ 22V! – Link. Homemade […]
Heat sensitive color changing tiles
Awhile back we posted up some color changing / heat reactive paint from eclipse, and now there are some tiles that do the same thing from Moving Color, neato… [via] – Link. Related: Heat activated color changing paint – Link.