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| How-To: Rainskirt How-To: RainskirtTake an old raincoat and make it into the perfect garment to slip on over pants or skirts.By Diane BakerWhen I moved to Seattle I spent a considerable amount of time looking for rain wear for my lifestyle. The only gear that covered my legs were rain pants, which were not only hard to get on and off, but ugly, and incompatible with skirts. The solution turned out to be cutting up an old raincoat and making what I call, the Rainskirt. Read this article | Comment on this article blog.craftzine.com |
Biomedical Lab Uses Shrinky Dinks Instead of $100K Diagnostic Chips Michelle Khine's lab at UC Irvine couldn't afford the $100K equipment to make microfluidic chips, a sheet of material with tiny channels used for certain diagnostic tests, so she made her own with Shrinky Dinks. From the MIT Technology Review: Racking her brain for a quick-and-dirty way to make microfluidic devices, Khine remembered her favorite childhood toy: Shrinky Dinks, large sheets of thin plastic that can be colored with paint or ink and then shrunk in a hot oven. "I thought if I could print out the [designs] at a certain resolution and then make them shrink, I could make channels the right size for microfluidics," she says. To test her idea, she whipped up a channel design in AutoCAD, printed it out on Shrinky Dink material using a laser printer, and stuck the result in a toaster oven. As the plastic shrank, the ink particles on its surface clumped together, forming tiny ridges. That was exactly the effect Khine wanted. When she poured a flexible polymer known as PDMS onto the surface of the cooled Shrinky Dink, the ink ridges created tiny channels in the surface of the polymer as it hardened. She pulled the PDMS away from the Shrinky Dink mold, and voilà: a finished microfluidic device that cost less than a fast-food meal.[via BoingBoing]Read this article | Comment on this article blog.craftzine.com |
Vegan Pumpkin Soup and No-Knead Pumpkin Bread Ashley, over on the (never home) maker blog, has so many mouth-watering recipes to offer, it was hard to pick which one to share with you. I'm sure everyone has had their fill of pumpkin pie, so I was thrilled to see these two delicious-looking (and vegan!) pumpkin-infused recipes: No-Knead Pumpkin Loaf (with bonus Sweet Pumpkin Butter recipe) and Pumpkin Soup. Pumpkin, it's not just for pie anymore. Read this article | Comment on this article blog.craftzine.com |
Market gives youngsters real world experience (Lake County Leader & Advertiser) POLSON — When Caroline Hall yelled “Market is open!” last Friday, a huge roar went up from the crowd. Negotiations and bargaining began in this small village in Lake County. Buyers hassled sellers on prices for food, crafts and services. The din was deafening, and chaos seemed to rule. us.rd.yahoo.com |
New adult program connects famed art with Madison museumâs tools (Madison Eagle) MADISON – The Museum of Early Trades and Crafts at 9 Main St. in Madison is offering a new education program for adults, “Tooling Through Art.” us.rd.yahoo.com |