I posted a few old “wearable” projects yesterday, one of them I left out because I couldn’t find the files (and it was a bad idea) – but I found them today. It’s “Real Operation”. This project (2001) used a live web interface, built in Macromedia Flash, that allowed the web visitor to play the […]
Whenever I bring my TV-B-Gone out to restaurants, I look suspicious pointing it around. So I embedded the device into a jacket and turned it into a wearable TV silencer. For the switch, I sewed paths of conductive thread that become bridged by the metal zipper pull when it passes by. At the restaurant or […]
This week’s column is a fun one. Previously I rounded up comic book characters who are also makers. Hundreds of additional suggestions flooded the comments — you can see them all here (comments). Some of the characters were from TV shows so I promised we’d at least have a “best maker TV show” roundup at […]
Not sure if it’s photoshoppery or not — but if it’s real… can haz!? [Via News on Japan]
Here’s an amazing how-to from Harrison Krix, a self-proclaimed dork living in Atlanta who spent 17 months (yes, months) designing and building this awesomely cool Daft Punk Helmet. Then he got a photographer friend to snap some shots of him wearing the helmet in various situations. More merry fun and the complete step-by-step how-to can […]
Hackerspace i3 Detroit’s Chronotune lets you turn the dial to ‘hear the past’… This was our entry into the Red Bull Creation Challenge. Everyone is crossing our fingers that this will qualify us for the finals in NYC. Please show your support by spreading this video around the web. If you want to see the […]
Building a coffin for his father was only part of the DIY story. He wanted to bring his father home himself.
