Papercraft Paradise has links to a couple really neat paper models. Konicaminolta has a wonderful fiddler crab model. There are 2 PDFs – one has the parts, the other has instructions. And Kirin has a cute polar bear papercraft with a wobbly head; also has 2 pdfs. (you have to click through a couple times […]
Here’s another beautiful photo essay by Marc Steinmetz – plastination by Gunther von Hagen. It’s fascinating and somewhat disturbing – don’t click through if you’re squeamish. Here’s a short explanation of the process.
Gunk on Floor (where do people get these names??) put together a great Instructable on making a spy periscope – it’s a classic kid’s project.
This is a good idea for those giant speakers when they (eventually) break beyond repair, or found in the trash — turn them in to a nice media cabinet!
This video shows a Wii Fit Balance Board controlling a “SkyBot” toy robot to move around a platform. Check out the link below to the downloadable Python source code for this hack and lots of good details on how it was built. Wii Board
Some new and other ways to follow all the stuff we do here on MAKE. MAKE is on “FriendFeed” – on one page (or RSS feed you can see our Flickr photos, twitterings, YouTube’ing and more. Visit our MAKE FriendFeed page to bookmark, add as a friend or to just check it out (is MAKE […]
Here are a couple of nice videos from Rossi Projects. I like these lights, but my favorite ones are the “fish-like” lights found on the front page of the Rossi website. More about Organic Light Sculptures
