Rugs as art… Environmental awareness…
Clever global warming rug… made by Nanimarquina via BoJ. “Road Kill Carpet” Bunny rug.
Year: 2008
Felted bacon iPod / iPhone case & the ever growing DIY bacon accessory and bacon craft collection…
Antjes makes these lovely felted bacon iPod / iPhone cases via Giz. More: Maker of the day – Matty Sallin, Bacon-cooking alarm clock. Bacon Wrap. HOW TO – Bacon Tiara. Bacon Scarf. Fleece Bacon Scarf. MMmmm bacon….costume. HOW TO – Make bacon soap. HOW TO – Make Bacon Curls. HOW TO – Make bacon. The […]
Open Source Hardware overview….
The REPLICATOR blog put together an overview of Open Source Hardware including a past presentation I co-authored, a good start if you’re interested in the ongoing evolution of the Open Source Hardware movement. The biggest challenges I see ahead involves the use of the term “Open source hardware” – for the folks who have been […]
AVGA – AVR video games, Mario and Pac-Man clones…
The AVGA project is an open source (It’s GPL, but it says “don’t make money with it”) AVR based color video game development platform for a single chip game console via HackedGadgets.
Industry gives a laboratory to America’s young scientists… WE CAN DO IT AGAIN?
Industry gives a laboratory to America’s young scientists… Popular Science 1941. YOUTHFUL, IMAGINATION, an inexhaustible national resource, is being developed along scientific lines by the American Institute of the City of New-York. This organization, chartered in 1828 and devoted throughout its existence to the promulgation of science and the encouragement of American industry, established its […]
Bicycle anatomy 101
This video for bike virgins runs through all of the parts and nomenclature of a 10-speed bike. The soundtrack to the video was done by bangin’ and clangin’ bike parts. It reminded me of that classic Frank Zappa appearance on The Steve Allen Show where Frank and Steve played bicycles. Bicycle Anatomy for Beginners [via […]
“An Evolutionary History of the Dragonfly” by Dan Roe
Dan Roe makes some really interesting robots that he calls “assorted experiments in artificial life”. Check out his website for more information, including videos of some of his work. More work from Dan Roe In the Maker Shed: We’ve had several neat projects over the years, and we’re proud that Solarbotics has created a cool […]
