Art Hack Day begins tonight, so if you're in NYC and looking for something to do, come out and see a few dozen art-hacker projects that were all made over the last two days by over 50 participants.

Posted by Nick Normal | January 28th, 2012 3:30 PM

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I’d like to introduce what I hope will be a recurring feature here on Intern's Corner: a peek at what we interns have in our cars. To kick things off, let’s have a look at Dan’s Jeep, shall we?

Posted by Max Eliaser | January 28th, 2012 1:30 PM

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Digilent is proud to announce the 8th annual US regional Digilent Design Contest, to be held on May 6-7, 2012 in conjunction with the IEEE EIT conference in Indianapolis. Digilent Design Contests are engineering contests open to all students enrolled in any educational institution in that region. Dates Jan 25, 2012 – Registration begins Feb [...]

Posted by John Baichtal | January 28th, 2012 9:30 AM

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Worldwide Cycling Atlas produced this excellent video about Maya Pedal Asociación, a Guatemalan organization which has been repurposing bicycles into machines since 1997. Created because of the expense and scarcity of electricity in the municipality of San Andrés Itzapa, their Bicimáquinas are pedal-powered pumps, blenders, threshing machines, and washing machines. They’re doing great work and [...]

Posted by Matt Richardson | January 28th, 2012 7:00 AM

Categories: Bicycles | 2 Comments

Here are parts two and three of Vi Harts' brilliant and dizzying exploration of the Fibonacci number, plant growth patterns, and the mathematics behind other cool, spiraly things.

Posted by Gareth Branwyn | January 27th, 2012 11:30 PM

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This was one of our predictions for 2012, not the rivers of blood, but drones being used by "citizen journalists" more and more - I think this is a good example, even if accidental. My friend Johngineer posted up a great list of "The future of Drones".

Posted by Phillip Torrone | January 27th, 2012 3:00 PM

Categories: News from the Future | 4 Comments

Veteran Thingiverse user Tony Buser has printed a model (intended to be an approximation of the fractal Hilbert curve) using polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as a support material. Once everything is printed and cooled, the PVA is dissolved away in a glass of water, leaving only the polylactic acid (PLA) model. This technique, when perfected, should [...]

Posted by Sean Ragan | January 27th, 2012 1:00 PM

Categories: 3D printing, Chemistry, News from the Future | 1 Comment

Two years ago I wrote about what a delight it was to discover the UT-Austin School of Architecture’s Materials Lab when I was on campus there, and it seems appropriate to resurrect the topic in honor of our theme this month. Kevin Kelly just posted a roundup of major materials libraries around the USA over [...]

Posted by Sean Ragan | January 27th, 2012 9:00 AM

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Need a hand? Build your own with the Telerobotic Gripper Kit from the Maker Shed! This kit includes everything you need to make the Teleclaw featured in MAKE: Volume 27, right down to the batteries.

Posted by Michael Castor | January 27th, 2012 8:00 AM

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Andrew and his brother built this great ping-pong ball launcher out of salvaged and repurposed parts. I especially like the 13-ball hopper made from two paper towel tubes taped together, and the clever K’Nex-controlled release mechanism. The launcher is controlled with an Arduino connected to a computer and activated via a remote desktop app from [...]

Posted by John Baichtal | January 27th, 2012 7:00 AM

Categories: Arduino, Toys and Games | 1 Comment