Month: May 2008

Humanoid robot mows lawn (sort of)

Are mini-humanoids, such as the popular ROBO-ONE, ready to do useful work? You decide, as well-known ROBO-ONE competitors, the Sugiura family, relax in their yard while Mega-Dynamizer uses what looks like a modified electric lawn trimmer to very slowly mow the lawn (before he falls over after getting stuck on the dog house). Home Robot […]

Knitting Backwards

Sarah at Bella Knitting teaches us a great knitting trick to keep your stockinette stitches looking even, by knitting backwards. Sarah writes: I prefer to alter my knitting itself, and today I’m going to show you one way to do that: by knitting backwards. You see, when I purl across the back of stockinette fabric, […]