Anyone who’s spent time in London probably has an Oyster card sitting in their wallet or a miscellaneous drawer somewhere, but digital designer Dhani Sutanto has devised a more stylish way to access the London underground with this Oyster ring. The project basically consists of taking the chip and antenna from an Oyster card and […]
Michael Colombo over at MAKE spotted this terrific belt that detects bad posture by Ellen Sundh. Using an arduino, a wave shield, a sensor, and a speaker, the belt alerts you when your back is too curved and urges you to correct it!
Artist duo Mar Canet and Varvara Guljajeva like to bring digital culture and traditional crafting together. They’ve made a neat new work called “SPAMpoetry,” in which they used a hacked knitting machine to knit a series of poems made up of content from spam emails. SPAMpoetry is a series of knitted works containing visual poetry […]
Our friends over at Adafruit Industries have come up with a clever new kit that combines a resistor chart with a traditional embroidery sampler, not to mention a witty little pun. Not only is this kit fun to make (and good for beginner stitchers), when it’s all done it functions as a handy resistor reference […]
Our latest Weekend Project is both fashionable and fun. Combine a solar battery with a “joule thief” and make a Solar Joule Bracelet!
I’ve been wanting to try out Spoonflower textile printing for a while, but I’m no expert in surface design. I love this DIY newsprint scarf project they posted on their blog, which uses Photoshop to turn a “useless” family keepsake (old newspaper clipping) into a useful one (silk scarf)!
Etsy user electronico created this Nixie Tube Necklace. So if you love nixie tubes, now you can keep one close to your heart at all times. [via technabob]
