We have posted about Arthur Ganson before, but I wanted to add a little more information about my all-time favorite artist. For anyone not familiar with his work, you should immediately check out his website. It’s full of videos of his amazing work. You can also see a great 5 minute video that is on […]
Meredith sends word for Boston area Arduiniacs – Willoughby and Baltic is hosting the first Boston Arduino Users Group meeting this Satuday, April 19th @ 2:30. The Boston Arduino Users Group is the brainchild of Arduino developer David Mellis, and is free and open to the public. Bring your latest Arduino project and meet other […]
Elaine Krajenke Ellison, a retired high school math teacher, makes these extraordinary quilts highlighting mathematical patterns. From her site: I encourage the future teachers to try using quilts in their classroom. Quilts serve as a visual introduction to mathematical concepts that allows students to explore mathematics as they gain geometric insights. My quilts will engage […]
If your all-time favorite simple machine is the helical inclined plane, if words like “panhead,” “countersink,” and “Pozidriv” have a mysteries hold over you, if your idea of fun is looking at vintage YouTube footage of Soviet-era screw-drive vehicles (and whose isn’t?), you’ll want to bookmark the singular hardware high weirdness that is the Screw […]
QUEST TV wrote in to let us know they’ll be airing a segment on the tabletop biosphere project from MAKE volume 10. The story will air Tuesday at 7:30 pm on KQED 9 & KQED HD on Comcast 709 – you can also view it online @ QUEST’s website. Related: Make a Tabletop Biosphere – […]
What happens when 4 classic consoles are bombarded with gamma rays? – perhaps the Super Genintari gives us some clue – This 4-in-1 Atari 2600/NES/Genesis/Super NES combo system actually began its life sometime circa early 2002, and at the time it only consisted of a Sega Genesis/32X and Super NES. Soon after accidentally destroying the […]
In a move that will surely rock the junk food world to its very foundations (or at the very least, will excite my husband to no end), the Brownie Points blog has posted a recipe for making your very own Magic Shell ice cream topping. You know, the “chocolate” sauce that hardens up to make […]
