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Mark Argo give a terrific little five-minute talk on the history of DIY gadgetry and what we can learn from past as we try to forge a more personalized, DIY future. Ignite
Here’s a way to let your inner geek shine: affix a mirror to the label portion of one of those old floppy disks you’ve got hanging around, and never again ask “is there something in my teeth?” Via EMSL.
Hilary Grant and Stefan Agamanolis have been developing conversational patterns into knitwear for their project, “Social Knitworking.” I can’t wait to see how the project develps! Via Fashioning Technology.
This fascinating Lego yarn ball winder works its magic in Portland’s Twisted yarn shop. Twisted owners, Shannon and Emily, share how the Lego yarn ball winder came to be. The ball winder was born out of boredom and concern. A good friend of Emily’s is an out-of-work engineer, and he was in the shop, visiting […]
For those of you looking for more ways of taking the leap using conductive threads, check out Fionnuala Murphy’s conductive mittens prototype where she knit conductive thread patches and attached them to her mittens. [ via Fashioning Technology ]
Earth Brooch Silver is a piece of jewelry made from a custom-selected piece of topography, 3D printed in wax and then cast in silver. Via Core77.
