Month: October 2009

Hubble Telescope Paperclip

Have you heard what a raging space geek I am? You can imagine, then, my jaw dropping over this little discovery of a Hubble Telescope-shaped paperclip. Greg over at Dinosaurs and Robots writes: While preparing for her big star party at the White House this past week, my wife scored this awesome piece of swag […]

How-To: DIY Ladderball

How-To: DIY Ladderball

I recently had the pleasure of playing a family game of ladderball (aka bolo toss, ladder golf) using some basic homebrew hardware, and can say firsthand – it’s good times! For those unfamiliar with the backyard sport: players throw golfball/nylon-rope bolos in attempt to hang them on a simple PVC ladder structure. It’s a surprisingly […]

Photopopper drawbot

Photopopper drawbot

I love this transformation of a Solarbotics Photopopper into a drawbot, simply by attaching an alligator clip to the back of the bot and clipping on a pen. The site is in Spanish. Here’s a translation of the page, though the image pretty much speaks for itself. In the Maker Shed: Photopopper Photovore 5.0 Our […]