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Knitting + Crochet Kits / Kitterly

Worth more than $3 billion a year, the knitting and crochet industry is no laughing matter, and you’d be mistaken for thinking it’s not high on Silicon Valley’s list of things to update. As such, Kitterly is a DIY, tech-focused platform that matches makers to kits—sort of like Netflix’s suggested section, except for knitting and crochet — via Cool Hunting

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Rotating Tip Ergo Slingshot / Eric Au

It was time to try something new, something exciting, something… with moving parts. Slingshots aren’t known for moving parts, but it was time to try it out. Rotating fork tips aren’t something I came up with but I did want to take a stab at it and try to make a deadly accurate BB shooter — via Metro Grade Goods

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Circular Knitic / Varvara Guljajeva + Mar Canet

Circular Knitic is the first open hardware circular knitting machine and it is new project commissioned art piece by Etopia (centre for art and technology Zaragoza) for the exhibition DOERS. A SHOW ABOUT THE WORLD OF MAKING curated by David Cuartielles (From 20 December 2014 to 31 July 2015).

Thanks to Kultuuri Katel Makerspace, Gustavo Valera, Marta Corsini, Juan Prada, Laura Balboa, José Carlos Arnal, Jesús Rodriguez, Sergio Artiaga, Raul Martinez.

Project by Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet 2014 — via Youtube

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Bronze Kraken Pendant / Marty Bobroskie

Set sail on an epic adventure wearing this solid bronze Kraken Squid Pendant. Ten detailed tentacles undulate from this impressive giant squid sea monster. The pendant is 1 7/8” long with detailed suction cups on the reverse side. Take a plunge into uncharted waters and let the adventure begin — viaEtsy

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Exo-Prosthetic / William Root

William Root’s Exo-Prosthetic is a 3D printed artificial leg made from laser-sintered titanium, which uses a 3D scan of the wearer’s truncated limb for fit, and a 3D scan of the intact limb for form. Root says his process produces a cheaper, more durable, more functional, more comfortable product than the traditional model. The lacy, minimal-materials 3D printed form produces something strong but light — via Boing Boing

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Wood & Wire: The Hand-Crafted Guitars of Creston Lea / VCAM Vermont

Wood & Wire: The Hand-Crafted Guitars of Creston Lea from VCAM Vermont on Vimeo

Burlington, Vermont luthier, Creston Lea, builds hand-made electric guitars and basses in a classic American style. This film explores Lea’s particular design aesthetic and place in the boutique electric instrument world, as well as his long-time collaboration with artist, Sarah Ryan

Craft, Wildlife

Hermit Octopus / CryptoMenagerie

Commonly it is crustaceans that are found using abandoned shells for protection from predators. These cephalopods have adopted the same strategy and can be seen to hold the shell on their heads with two tentacles leaving the other six for walking and eating. Typically one tentacle is held in front of the shell opening so it can grab any food items while the others to grip onto the floor — via Etsy

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Digital Bookcase / Craig Landrum

Craig Landrum’s project is an 8 ft tall by 1 metre wide Ash, Oak and Walnut bookcase to which he added an Arduino Mega processor and strips of RGB LED NeoPixels from Adafruit Industries. Using the bookcase front panel or the iPhone app he wrote, users can set each shelf colour to whatever they wish. In addition, the built-in microphone lets the bookcase react to music — via Youtube

Art, Craft

Ikea Comic Book Photo Frame Hack / Youseph Tanha

For a while now I have been wanting to find a way to show off my comic book collection in my office. I had done a lot of searching online for comic book picture frames and have been constantly turned off by the price of them. I have always been turned off by the price of photo frames, but that is a rant for another blog post — via Youseph Tanha

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Mini Sword / Inspire To Make

A tiny metal sword made from two nails. If you have some simple tools, like an anvil and hand drill, this sword takes the prize for best awesomeness-to-cost ratio — via Youtube

Craft, Entertainment

Cirrus X3 Rocket Pack / Valor Design

If you remember the film The Rocketeer, there’s a good chance that you wanted a Cirrus X3 Rocket pack. Unfortunately, a working model isn’t availalble (yet), but Steve Radtke of Valor Design made one that could almost convince someone that it could take off. From the pictures, it looks flawless — via MAKE