Wow, piezoelectric fibers are being developed by MIT! From ScienceDaily: For centuries, “man-made fibers” meant the raw stuff of clothes and ropes; in the information age, it’s come to mean the filaments of glass that carry data in communications networks. But to Yoel Fink, an Associate professor of Materials Science and principal investigator at MIT’s […]
Matt Mets @ Make: Online writes: Designer Siren Elise Wilhelmsen built this 365 clock that tells time by knitting a scarf very slowly. In this case, it knits one round of the scarf every 24 hours, creating a new clothing item for you every year. It reminds me of just-in-time manufacturing techniques- wouldn’t it be […]
Suzanne Lee makes BioCouture— textiles grown from bacterial cellulose. Pictured above is a vest and “denim” jacket. [via ANIMAL]
Every week it’s my job to create a tutorial for How-To Tuesdays. The projects themselves are fun, crafty and creative, but making a tutorial while crafting presents a unique challenge. I try to write careful and thoughtful instructions for each project, but my goal is for any reader to be able to follow a project […]
Two of my favorite people got married (to each other!) earlier this month, and it was a celebration to make even the most hardened wedding-goer tear up. Kristin and Jim had their wedding at the Chabot Observatory and Science Center in Oakland, Calif., which made perfect sense for a couple who met while getting their […]
We don’t have a Wii gaming system in our house, but this new game is the first thing that’s tempted me to change that. Kirby’s Epic Yarn™ is due out this fall, and incorporates a crafty look and feel to its graphics. Kirby’s first console platform game since the Nintendo 64™ days introduces an amazing […]
Kate Hartman and Hazel Meyer (both at OCAD) have developed a project called Nudgeables, where the wearers of a garter/brooch pair can communicate with each other over a short distance, “nudging” each other with small vibrating motors. The garter switch is activated by crossing one’s legs, and the brooch has a clever soft “pinch” switch. […]
