In this week’s CRAFT Video, come with me to the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. There I met with e-textiles pioneer Leah Buechley and students from her research group called “High-Low Tech,” which Leah describes as “blends” of technology with traditional crafts to make new toolkits for creativity and learning. http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2010/01/craft_meets_tech_at_mit.html
Rachel at Instructables shows you how to talk to the hand with her bluetooth phone headset glove.
Hannah Perner-Wilson writes: This quilt is made up of an array of 41 textile tilt sensors. Each sensor demonstrates a unique construction variation, showcasing different materials and techniques that can be used to create fabric tilt sensors.
Fabienne “fbz” Serriere just uploaded design files for a belt loom you can make on a CNC router.
This clip shows the construction of denim jeans, from the 100-pair-cutting saw to the pocket-sewing robot.
This metal rabbit (actually the Stanford Bunny model) is folded from a single laser-cut steel sheet, designed with Origamizer.
Paul at Dude Craft points us to these amazing microchip paintings. Artist, Yuri Zupancec is responsible for these amazing miniature paintings, rendered on microchips with brushes made from his own eyelashes. Wowza.
