It seems so obvious. If you live in an area with a decent winter, you can create a fridge on the outside wall of your kitchen that opens to the elements to create an “ambient air fridge” (AAF). If you’re wondering what you do on an unseasonably warm day, the builder keeps a few jugs […]
Another cool project from Cre.ations.net, Nate writes – A remake of the binary / LED Tokyo Flash wristwatches, that also includes a super-bright flashlight and a wrist-swinging full POV time display. – and he’s even got kits available for the project. Just keep those exposed pins away from rain!Link Related: Color orb audio-synchronized lamp and […]
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 Duncan Yo-Yos had a small but fun area, a full time Yo-Yoer on staff and their latest line up. I tend to like tops & gyroscopes, but they also had a new product line called “Tetratops” – these are multi-axis spinners and can be stacked (this was developed by the […]
Phil @ MAKE writes: Lisa Black’s steampunk taxidermy manages to meld two memes I didn’t expect to intersect until at least next Thursday, oh – *warning* if taxerdermified deers and ducks with gears on them offends please don’t proceed with the clickity click coming… I love this fawn with a sewing machine bobbin mechanism for […]
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 I think I saw the most dice in one place possible, Koplow has over 1,200 types of standard and polyhedral dice. They have an educational line with math, fraction, decimal, +/-, blank numbered and more. Novelty dice, mini dice, wood dice, dice bones, dice made from wood. Alphabet dice, cat […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool Interesting idea – Playing games using Morel, the yellow object in the picture. Morel is an outdoor toy which communicates with each other wirelessly, with each having the ability to make other Morels kick the ground and jump by squeezing on them. Here, the guy in the middle is trying […]
The lifelong Muppet fan in me freaked out when I saw this funny polymer clay bracelet made by Craftster user Teapotdnky. She got all the details just right, down to the gold tooth on Dr. Teeth and Animal’s two-toned fur! Link.
