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 […]
Paul Overton at DudeCraft shows us how to make this cool analog “scanimation” style animation using a transparent sheet with black bars on it. [via MAKE]
Inspired by Zakka Life’s lightsaber tutorial from last summer, Filth Wizardry took the idea one step further by bringing LEDs into the equation. See how she did it and see more of the cool long-exposure shots of the kids playing with them in the dark over on her blog.
> The final installment of Diana Eng’s Fairytale Fasion series is about incorporating a mobius strip into a purse strap. One savvy reader suggested that a mobius strip collar might also be interesting! Check out the video to see how it works. More: Fairytale Fashion: Deployable Structures Fairytale Fashion – Conductive Materials: Playing with Drawdio […]
