Lasercut pendant light
Thingiverse user Rob Ward of Melbourne created this teardrop light fixture out of laser-cut 3mm MDF. He also created a similar desk lamp. Very nice!
Month: January 2011
How-To: Crochet Covered Buttons And Project Care Labels
Sara of Creative Jewish Mom recently shared a tutorial for making these cute crochet covered buttons that add an extra special touch to a crochet project. She also shares her brilliant idea for creating a care card and mending yarn to add to your crochet gift so your recipient knows how to wash it.
Hand powered smartphone charger updated
Back in October 2010 Ben Heckendorn discovered that a hand-cranked LED flashlight had enough juice to recharge his smartphone. He recently revisited this idea on his show and updated the hack by adding a simple voltage regulating circuit using a Zener diode and a 100hm resister. He also added a USB port to plug in a microUSB recharging cable.
Rendering Kinect data in MineCraft
Kinect hacker Nathan Viniconis has been feeding Kinect data into MineCraft with some rather impressive results. The process, which is still manual at this point, creates motion by rendering each frame independently and then combining them to produce a seemingly realtime video. Supposedly there is an automated version in the works.
LED-in-resin lamp cast from light bulb it replaces
If you can’t find a reasonably-priced LED replacement for that burned-out appliance bulb, you might do what Andy Brockhurst did: Wire up an LED cluster, yourself, and embed it in resin cast into a mold taken from the original bulb. Looks like he even painted it to match. Check out the Flickr set.
How-To: Quarter-Yard Apron
I frequently pick up bits of fabric and trim I’m never quite sure how I’ll use. When I realized I had a lot of Valentine-themed events coming up, I decided to make a fun apron out of a quarter-yard piece of fabric I picked up. When I run events, sometimes I like an apron that’s […]
Matchstick entomology
UK designer Kyle Bean, who previously made waves with his laptop/book sculpture The Future of Books, makes all kinds of awesome stuff. These delicate matchstick insects are just the latest page in his impressive online portfolio. [via Dude Craft]
