Day: May 13, 2011

Upward: Free-Motion Embroidery

My friend, artist P.Nosa from Tucson, AZ, creates amazing free-motion embroidery with his solar-/pedal-powered sewing machine. Since drawing with a sewing machine is analogous to drawing without being able to pick up your pen, it requires more forethought than a regular drawing. This video captures his talent for maintaining a balance between intention and possibility. […]

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MAKE Volume 26: Combination Lock Made from Money

MAKE Volume 26: Combination Lock Made from Money

In each issue of MAKE magazine (since Volume 10), columnist Tom Parker offers a new installation of Make Money, where he shows you examples of how “Sometimes it costs more to buy it than to make it from the money itself.” Tom has covered mouse traps to eye glasses to an abacus, and in the […]

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Maker Faire Bay Area: Russell the Electric Giraffe Interview

Maker Faire Bay Area: Russell the Electric Giraffe Interview

One of the most iconic creatures to roam the Maker Faire is, hands down, Russell the Electric Giraffe. I remember falling in love with Russell the first time I met him, back in 2006, at the very first Maker Faire. He is one of the sweetest robots you’ll ever meet. He’ll be at this year’s […]

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Interesting Engineering Problem to Solve…

Interesting Engineering Problem to Solve…

We do not have a dog where I live, but we do have Roombas (and a cat). While this example above is funny, it’s also a fun engineering challenge. How would you modify the Roomba to detect dog poop and stop instead of making modern art all over the place?

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