Cross-Stitch Your iPhone Case
Rachel @ CRAFT spotted this iPhone case that comes with floss and a texture suitable for cross-stitching your favorite low-res graphics.
Computers & Mobile
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for digital gadgetry, open code, smart hacks, and more. Processing power to the people!
Lego Omniwheel Clusters
Shown here is a later-stage prototype in engineer and hobby roboticist Xander Soldaat’s development of a Lego holonomic drive platform using native Lego system components for the omnidirectional wheels.
Sci-Fi Propcasting Phototutorial from Shawn Thorsson
Gareth’s 2010 post about Petaluma, CA, propmaker Shawn Thorsson’s insane HALO costumes was one of our ten most-trafficked posts of the year, so when Shawn sends in a link, we sit up and take notice. This time it’s a ray gun propcasting project featuring one of the pistols from Mass Effect 2. Among other clever tricks, Shawn shows you how to recycle old, cured molds to use as filler when making new ones, thereby saving on expensive silicone.
MAKE Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
Check out this week’s highlights from the MAKE Flickr pool!
Interactive 2D Barcode Tattoo
Billed as the “First Ever Animated Tattoo”, Paris area tattoo artist Karl Marc pummeled his friend Marco’s chest for four hours, over a live stream, in order to achieve a working facsimily of a 2D matrix barcode entwined in an artistic floral and cog motif.
Large 32-inch Multi-touch Display Running Android
I’ve been waiting for a touchscreen placemat for some time now. Microsoft’s surface was/is a cool technology, but what we really need is something that’s basically an extra large tablet you wouldn’t feel bad about spilling your coffee on. The folks at SKR Technology have a prototype touch system that’s getting closer to this reality.
Smartphone Accessory Detects Cataracts
Using the Catra cataract self-diagnosis smartphone accessory developed by MIT Media Lab Camera Culture group, director Ramesh Raskar and his group hope their device can quickly detect early-stage cataracts in developing countries. The device works by mapping the progress of the disease using a user administered series of tests. [via crave]
