Lenore at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories writes: Klein bottles are an entertaining mathematical idea–a shape with no volume. A Klein bottle is basically a tube where the inside is connected to the outside. Making a Klein bottle in our 3D world requires a bit of cheating to work, by adding a hole in one of […]
Got an iPod or laptop that needs a portable sound system to go with it? One of CRAFT Volume 07‘s awesome offerings is Syuzi Pakhchyan’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Speakers project. Using this clearly photographed and laid out step-by-step, you can make your own pair of low-fi travel speakers. Here’s an image of what you’ll need: […]
Gareth @ MAKE writes: I love this quirky idea of using old removable memory cards as covers to little books of photos. Talk about computer-age folk art.
This backpack has me majorly crushing: Bet you’ve never seen anything like this before though, huh? Side pouches on my bookbag were a bit dull… so, the one I keep my water in now has a switch to make the water glow, and the other side has an Atari Punk Console housed in it. The […]
As the official Coraline movie web site loads, words are displayed that are likely to intice any crafter. “You are about to enter a world where everything you see has been created by hand.” And as the site completes it’s loading, “The glue is still drying. Enjoy.” Coraline, the stop-motion movie based on the book […]
Wow! Hannah Perner-Wilson made this really avant-garde neck-stroking wearable electronic feather device, and made a how-to on Instructables.
Collin @ MAKE writes: No, it’s not just a cute lil’ change purse – Arlie and Jared’s sewn-circuit softsynth combines crafty and noisy in a unnassuming portable package with a snap switch and conductive fabric. In the Maker Shed: Lilypad E-Sewing Kit
