How-To: Make a cardboard T-shirt folding jig
A clever tool for quickly making a perfectly neat T-shirt fold, made from scrap cardboard and tape by French clothier All-Tribe. Rewind for build instructions and dimensions.
Wearables
DIY wearable computer
Via Gadget Lab: Martin Magnusson of Linkรยถping, Sweden, created this excellent wearable computer. It consists of the foliowing components: a pair of Myvu Crystal video glasses hacked into a monocular head-mounted display, the Beagleboard single-board computer running Angstrom Linux, a Plexgear mini USB hub driving a bluetooth adapter and powering the Beagleboard and the display, […]
MacGyver Mending: In the desert, try agave
Jonathan Johns, a coworker of ours over at O’Reilly Media and a frequent volunteer at Maker events, sent us a great little maker story that we think everyone will enjoy. My son, Christian, and his two roommates were on spring break in Arizona. As they were climbing up and around the hills, Christian’s cargo shorts […]
Remote controlled shoulder puppets
My significant other was recently given one of these Woodbaby shoulder puppets by a friend of hers who frequents renaissance faires, where the Woodbaby is a popular commodity. The puppet features a strong magnet in its base that mates with a curved metal “shoulder plate” that goes under your clothing and keeps the figure firmly perched on your shoulder. The mechanical control cable (which, per this thread discussing a DIY version, are R/C airplane control surface push-rods) runs to a simple controller that can be concealed in a pocket and manipulated to make the figure turn its head and look around in a surprisingly life-like manner. More elaborate versions have additional controls like wings and blinking, light-up eyes. Flickr user JeffreyWiden made his own. Would be cool to see an electronic version with a wireless control fob.
Salt and vinegar circuit etching
Hannah Perner-Wilson and her colleagues in the High-Low Tech group at MIT have been experimenting with circuit board etching of copper fabric using only salt and vinegar! Vaseline is used as the resist. More: Craft Meets Tech at MIT
iPhone controlled elevator shoes
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11496831&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 Adi Marom’s Short++ project put iPhone controlled robotic platform shoes on your feet, for when you need to be a few inches taller. [via core77]
LED sneakers
Stunning LED-encrusted sneakers by Moritz Waldemeyer for Creative Recreation– now these are some fresh kicks for sure! [via Fashioning Technology]
