HOW TO – Make a Fabric Lamp
Learn how to make a cool looking fabric lamp with this tutorial and pattern from pitterpattern on Instructables. Link.
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Home built solid state 300W power amp
I know nothing about homebrewing audio gear, but this DIY 300W power amp, built on six LM3886 chips, sure looks bad ass. Here’s how the builder describes the project: My design uses a PCB to hold 3 paralleled 3886s (i.e. PA150), and then I use the DRV134 to bridge 2 of the PA150 PCB boards. […]
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Recraft Fair at Magpie in Somerville, MA, Saturday August 18
Magpie, Boston’s premier hip-handmade craft and gifts store is proud to host an eco-friendly craft fair — Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Recraft! The craft fair will be held on August 18 from 3-7pm, in Union Square is the first of 4 events sponsored as part of The Somerville Arts Council’s “ArtsUnion Marketplace Series.” Magpie and […]
Ben Heck goes inside the 360 Elite
Hardware hacker extraordinaire Ben Heckendorn (a.k.a. Ben Heck) is using the guts of an Xbox 360 Elite for his next project, a 360 laptop. In preparation for this, he cracked one open, did some creative deconstruction, and has documented the results in two articles. Inside the Xbox 360 Elite – Link More about the Xbox […]
Susie Ghahremani Art Show: Teacher’s Pets at Giant Robot in NY, Saturday August 18
Susie Ghahremani of Boygirlparty has her own solo show coming up in New York starting this weekend, Saturday August 18 through Sept 12 at Giant Robot Gallery (437 East 9th Street, Between 1st Ave. & Ave. A, in the East Village, NY 212-674-GRNY). Don’t miss the opening reception this Saturday, August 18, 6:30 pm – […]
dorkbot-sf 8/15/07
If you’re in the Bay Area here’s your chance to see the CandyFab 400 in person @ TechShop – Dorkbot… Wednesday 8/15/07 7:30pm! The CandyFab 4000 is a home-built computer-controlled 3D fabricator that can use granulated sugar as a printing medium. It is capable of producing arbitrarily shaped three-dimensional objects by selectively melting and fusing […]
Plastic Bag Kite
Here’s another fun thing to make out of plastic bags, learn how you can make a plastic bag kite from wikihow. Link. Related: Plastic Bag Crafts – Link.