Gareth at MAKE points us to this awesome Halloween project: As Hacked Gadgets says, you probably won’t have time to create this amazing LED hat for this Halloween, but if you start soldering now, you might have it done for next Halloween, or if you hurry, next Mardi Gras. The results look worth the effort. […]
Another Dr. Who reference, but this time I got my facts straight before I posted. Evil Mad Scientist has posted a how to for creating your very own robotic Dalek Halloween pumpkin. [via] Link.
Designer Shi Yuan experiments with heat sensitive wallpaper. The design changes based on temperature like the blooming flowers near the radiator in the above picture. [via] Link.
Leslie from Feisty Elle has taken inspiration from Craftypod‘s Sister Diane and created a Google Map highlighting all that’s crafty in her neck of the woods: San Francisco. Link.
Artist Michael Dory is still making his “Concrete Crickets,” these little electronic devices implanted in smushed cups and cans, and NPR has done an audio story on him and this form of streetcorner graffiti. – [via] Link. Related: Concrete Crickets on MAKE – Link.
Steppo is a children’s game where brightly colored wireless puzzle-piece-shaped stompable pads are rearranged to stomp out music and other scenarios. It was created as part of the Interaction Design Hands On Course at the Holon Institute of Technology in Israel. Their documentation is great. – [via] Link.
Phil @ MAKE writes: LilyPad is a wearable e-textile technology developed by Leah Buechley and cooperatively designed by Leah and SparkFun. Each LilyPad was creatively designed to have large connecting pads to allow them to be sewn into clothing. Various input, output, power, and sensor boards are available. They’re even washable! Leah’s a maven. – […]
