Archive for the ‘Paper Crafts’ Category
Pocket Laser Engraver
March 15th, 2011 | 
Author: Check out this ">tiny laser engraver from instructables user Groover. Using easily sourced and salvaged parts including and a couple optical drives and an Arduino, Groover was able to assemble a unit that, though low power, is able to mark wood and cut paper.
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Folded Metal Bunny
This metal rabbit (actually the Stanford Bunny model) is folded from a single laser-cut steel sheet, designed with Origamizer. The project is a collaboration between Tomohiro Tachi, Kenny Cheung, Erik Demaine, and Martin Demaine at MIT. Check out the time-lapse video of its construction:
Paper Sculptures by Matt Shlian
Teacher, paper engineer, and artist Matt Shlian created these stunning sculptures from paper. Reminds me of a single-color Jen Stark! [via Cool Hunting]
Resistor Value Color Computer Wheel, Japanese Version
A commenter on Monday’s post about Rob Ives’ free downloadable resistor color wheel computer pointed us to the Japanese-language site of Ikkei Electronics, which provides this PDF created in 2007, and apparently dated to 1976, showing this cool hand-drawn-and-lettered version of the same idea. [Thanks, ikkei!]
Resistor Value Color Computer Wheel, Japanese Version
A commenter on Monday’s post about Rob Ives’ free downloadable resistor color wheel computer pointed us to the Japanese-language site of Ikkei Electronics, which provides this PDF created in 2007, and apparently dated to 1976, showing this cool hand-drawn-and-lettered version of the same idea. [Thanks, ikkei!]