Submitted by PinkLisa
from Google Reader:
One problem with making lots of neat projects is that you need a place to display them. And, where could be better than on a table that you built yourself? A nice place to start might be this tutorial on building a folding (Read More)
MAKE Magazine:
Yesterday afternoon I arrived home to see a box on the doorstep. The return address was from the Maker Shed. That could only mean one thing: The Chumby has landed! My daughter had to draw first blood on the package. We cracke (Read More)
MAKE Magazine:
Brainwave sofa by Unfold & Lucas Maassen... modeled on your brainwaves! via BB. The design of the Brainwave Sofa is driven by a brain scan. Brain wave activities are being recorded by an electroencephalograph by placing elect (Read More)
Submitted by mogston
from blog:
Oh, wow. So much for the subtlety of the new ad format -- just bumped into a background wrap on Digg promoting a video game... (Read More)
MAKE Magazine:
A demo on how to create an 11-piece MIDI drum kit using Rock Band and Guitar Hero drum sets together. It includes velocity-sensitive triggers and a high-hat open/close pedal.Create a full MIDI Drumset with Guitar Hero and Roc (Read More)
Daily DIY:
Gorgeous! ... and likely a future ad campaign for Staples or OfficeMax...Steven Nicholson is a 2yr student at Plymouth university in the United Kingdom studying Graphic communications with typography. And apparently he is a g (Read More)
MAKE Magazine:
Here's an interesting take on a coil gun, by Russian YouTube user fuckertrezv. Not content to simply make a high-power electromagnetic device, he designed his to be portable and run on batteries. Once charged, he claims it (Read More)
MAKE Magazine:
We had a great contest this year, with tons of awesome projects, and frankly we had a heckuva time picking winners. But the votes are all in now, and with the scores finally tabulated, I am pleased to announced the winners o (Read More)
Daily DIY:
Craig Smith sent us these pics and note:My telescope is low end in the scope-world, a 60mm refractor. But I discovered the eyepiece is the same size as my digital camera telephoto lens. My digital camera is low end in the cam (Read More)
MAKE Magazine:
Yesterday we sent out our second issue of the new Make: Newsletter. It contains news of goings on at Maker Media, several original columns (including the second installment of my Maker's Dictionary column), and special Shed a (Read More)
MAKE Magazine:
Wish you had a skylight, but don't have the ability to cut a hole in your roof? MAKE subscriber Chris did to, and wrote in to share his solution to the problem: a pv+led-based 'fake' skylight. The concept is pretty simple, (Read More)
Submitted by sidianmsjones
from Twitter:
Born-Again Christian Tries to Burn Down his Church 4 times: Thirty-year-old Izad Chavoshan could get up to 20 y.. http://digg.com/u1Frax. (Read More)
zlabs:
“There is no specific London style.” At least that’s what the ‘Super Contemporary’ show at London’s Design Museum proclaims. During an exploration of London’s art and design scene in September 2009, what did emerge was a (Read More)
MAKE Magazine:
This work by sculptor and musician Bradley N. Litwin, of Philadelphia, is called "The Octapult." In his words:With 8 synchronized catapults, 160 plastic balls per minute are launched, caught, and recirculated. Made mostly of (Read More)
Social Media - best news, blogs, videos, photos and more - Boxxet:
youll notice the major search engines have also removed all links to these pages.• There were 7,450,000 GeoCities URLs indexed in Google• GeoCities URLs ranked in the top 20 of Google for around 680,000 different keywordsTag (Read More)
SMC:posts:
More marketers are recognizing that social media brings value to their brands’ marketing efforts. And along with the interest in social media comes questions, like:What kind of information could we share through social media (Read More)
Inhabitat:
We first reported on the conceptual design of the Bel-Air living air filter back in 2007, and now everyone may breathe a little easier because it came to fruition as the ANDREA Air Filter and went on the market this week! The (Read More)