Magazine Mobile
Miss Woolly has posted up this cool looking mobile by frazier & wing that’s made up of pages of old magazines cut in different shapes. Cool idea to DIY. [ via ] Link.
Month: April 2007
Maker faire: The Disgusting Spectacle – Giant human hamster wheel & nose picking machine
Here’s a fun interactive toy in the Rube Goldberg style. The “coin” is a 10′ human hamster wheel. Participants walk on the wheel. This turns a pulley which turns a large disc from an electrical spool which lifts a see-saw lever which lifts an “arm” which twists a finger into the nose of a 12 […]
Sweet line following robot
Here’s a sweet line following robot, thanks Liane! For the holidays, my local grocery store sold m&m’s candy containers in the shape of a racecar. The containers are painted metal (probably steel), with a thin plastic coating on the inside. A dinky package of plain m&m’s came inside, not peanut, as the yellow-color driver suggests. […]
Crochet Pac-Man
Hurrah for Carey of full of fluff for making this crochet pattern for Pac-Man and all the ghosts available to us for free. Just download her pattern PDF to make one yourself! Link.
GarageGeeks – amazing projects
GarageGeeks have a ton of amazing projects: Guitar Heronoid (we covered this one previously), Mototank, CPod, Real Pac-Man, O-Re-Ly, Geek-o-meter and many many more… Pictured here, MotoTank! Take two motorcyles, cut them in two and connect them to a wheel. What do you get?? A tank! Each (half) motorcyle is completely independant with its own […]
Bicycle handlebar camera mount
Callum writes – My friend loves to ride his bike and he takes photos all the time so for his birthday I thought a handlebar camera mount would be perfect. I managed to make it from parts I had in my spares box and some normal workshop hardware. – An old speedometer mount – Pond […]
Cat cocoon
DJV writes – Here’s a cool cat toy, called the Cat Cocoon. It’s definitely not $249.99 worth of cool though. I’m pretty certain there are some industrious Makers out there who could make this for Nearly Free out of scrapped boxes and glue.It might also make a cool waterjet cutting project! Felinerina Cat Cocoon – […]
