One of our readers sent in this link to this electric go-kart build. It’s from the same MIT team that made a very cool DIY Segway. The website has lots of pictures, a video, and even schematics if you want to try and make your own Cap Kart. This year, the Summer Engineering Workshop team […]
Margaux Lange spotted a post about fashion designers Viktor + Rolf’s gallery show where they showcase “15 years worth of their most memorable fashion designs by creating 2 foot tall doll replicas to mimic their real life fashion originals all housed in a dollhouse within the gallery.”
Geek Crafts reader Jennifer created this clever cross-stitched plant cell cross-section that she made for her dad who is a botanist.
An awesomely handcrafted instrument with a heartwarming origin, Marcelo Johann describes his “Father’s Synth” – When I was a child I loved music and wanted to play the piano. However, my family had no money to buy such an expensive instrument. As my father was an electronic hobbist, he started to build this electronic organ […]
Grab this cool kit for Halloween. Sound activated, the ghost flashes his little red LED eyes, vibrates and makes scary sounds! Easy and fun to build. Hack it! Oh somebody please bend/mod the bejesus out of this thing – it’s begging for it! Hmmm … an alternate enclosure might be a good start … spooky […]
Our CRAFT photographer Sam Murphy took some great shots of the crafty action that happened this past Friday in San Francisco for PARK(ing) Day. From the site: PARK(ing) Day is a one-day, global event centered in San Francisco where artists, activists, and citizens collaborate to temporarily transform metered parking spots into “PARK(ing)” spaces: temporary public […]
Alan writes – I’m part of a fantastic crew of makers out of West Oakland who are building a 10’x 10′ human powered “hamster wheel” styled rail-car for the Handcar Regatta. The Regatta it this Sunday and you’re readers should hear about it. From the looks of the above seen “contraption”, the Handcar Regatta is […]
