Here we have an update from Pete, a hockey loving MAKE Online loving, storage professional and his experiment to freeze a hard drive in his backyard ice rink for 100 days. This one has a couple of adventures, chainsaw, time lapse photography and the video of the big moment. How would you recover Pete’s family […]
via miters This looks like fun. Nice project. University of Louisiana News has a decent interview with Dr. Terrence Chambers, and student Don Tamosaitis. The design draws on the work of Theo Jansen. The crawler travels about 2-3 miles/hour. There were five of us working on it, there was a lot of 3D modeling of […]
When I first learned how to sew, I remember learning that one of the most important pieces to have in your sewing box was a really good pair of scissors. Molly at The Purl Bee covers all kinds of scissors in her piece on sewing kit essentials.
Since I will be in Boston/Cambridge for meetings this week, I’ve organized a Maker meetup for Wednesday night, starting at 6:30pm at the Publick House in Brookline. This is a completely informal drop-in and chat event, made all the easier by some hand-crafted Belgian-style beers. Jake Von Slatt, who is on the cover of the […]
At Make: Day on Saturday, we had the pleasure of being stationed right across the hall from Savage Aural Hoted. So as I talked to people throughout the day at the Make: television table, every once in a while I’d be interrupted by loud belches, blasts, and other crazy weird sounds coming from some guys […]
Check out Etsy’s new video series There’s No Place Like Here, where creative types show off their unique spaces — infused with their aesthetic and filled with the treasures they collect. This video features a tour of design duo Something’s Hiding In Here. You’ll get to visit their Philadelphia loft, full of woodland goodies, refinished […]
Handmade Detroit did this awesome video review of the Yudu screen printing machine. It has a hefty pricetag, but this video review has even me convinced that it it might be worth it. Via Core77.
