Artist Nick Gentry creates stunningly beautiful artwork that incorporates discarded computer disks, video cassettes and other “obsolete” media storage items. Each floppy disk used in the paintings has a history and story of its own. It represents the increasing pace of the modern life cycle, where objects are created, used and disposed of quicker than […]
Matt Mets @ MAKE writes: Here’s an older project by Micah Dowty, that I just found out about: a homebrew soft circuit RFID tag. Not content to just make a homebrew RFID reader using a Propeller microcontroller, he proceeded to design an RFID tag using only an ATtiny85 microcontroller and an inductor, and built an […]
Google Reader Tricks for Craft Bloggers from Diane Gilleland on Vimeo. A few years ago, I switched all my RSS feeds to Google Reader, and my blog reading and sharing has never been the same. As I’ve uncovered more and more tricks on how Google Reader can make my reading and sharing more efficient, I […]
Are you hip to DNA origami, anthropomimetic machines, and ultracapacitors? If not, you may want to check out Popular Mechanics’ 10 Tech Concepts You Need to Know for 2010. What do you think, readers? What important technology for 2010 did the article miss? More: Color thermal inkless printing technology Protest technology – White noise projector […]
Lee Meredith of Leethal proves time and time again that she has phenomenal crafty talent with her stylish recycled designs and unique craft kits. Along with her craft skills, she has an incredible skill for taking beautiful, interesting photographs . She’s taken some of her favorites and sized them perfectly for your desktop and is […]
Paulbo of FangleTronics shows how he created an awesome glow-in-the-dark wall on which kids (and adults, of course) can write and draw with LED pens. I’m happy it’s a three-day weekend, because I’m seriously tempted to tackle this project right-this-very-minute. [via Filth Wizardry]
This month’s theme of Make Space for Crafting has got me thinking about designer/hacker/artist Emily Albinski’s helpful 101 feature on SketchUp, Google’s free 3D modeling software, which originally appeared on the pages of CRAFT Volume 09. As Emily writes in her intro: For decades, computer-aided design (CAD) applications were expensive tools used only by a […]
