Wearable Toy Piano
Check out this neat wearable toy piano made by instructables user mikamike, it’s hacked from a toy and uses conductive thread and fabric buttons. Via Fashioning Technology.
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Digitize Your Bedtime Stories
Chris Connors @ MAKE writes: Do you have an extra mp3 player or four in the house? Do your kids like to hear your bedtime stories? How about archiving them and setting up your kid with an audio player that will allow him or her to play them back at any time? With a couple […]
Steampunk Sewing Machine and Steampunk Show in Phoenix
You know steampunk has gone mainstream when it seeps into academic institutions… I recently was given a steampunk assignment in one of my sculpture/metalworking classes, so I modded a vintage Kenmore sewing machine with some spare parts from Phoenix’s favorite junk shop, Apache Reclamation. The propellers on the drive wheel and thread spool spin when […]
Kevin Kelly on technology as the 7th kingdom
On O’Reilly Radar, Joshua-Michele Ross has an interview with the always-original and thought-provoking Kevin Kelly. The discussion covers various topics related to biology, technology, and net-connected culture. As Josh says: This last section (at 7mins 30 secs) is the deepest and most provocative. Kevin assumes the point of view of technology to assess its needs […]
Apple Apple Pie
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories baked up an Apple apple pie this Thanksgiving, complete with laser-cut Apple logo. It helps to have a square springform pan, too.
Programmer’s Cross-Stitch Pattern
Spotted in the CRAFT Flickr pool, user even-star posted up this cross stitch pattern for the programmer in your life: “When in doubt, comment it out.” I can’t wait to see the finished piece!
Sewing Machine to Visualize Sound
Jonah @ MAKE writes: The “Visible Sound” project attempts to create a physical version of the sound around it by sewing sound waves in realtime. Although this was just a concept, we like ways of making invisible objects like sound waves into tangible forms. This concept model looks like a stereo faceplate on a modified […]