Dance of the Christmas Robots
It’s still way too early for holiday music and decorations, however this was too good to pass up. Robobuilder made this RoboBuilder Xmas Dance Routine to demonstrate the capabilities of their 5720t ‘Huno’ robotics kit.
Month: November 2009
Sparkfun’s free day January 7th
Sparkfun is giving away things for free on January 7! You can blame it on Chris Anderson’s book Free. After reading his book, I started kicking around the idea of what we can do that’s ‘free’. Sure, we have free bits (open-source hardware designs, available code, etc.), but we don’t have free physical widgets. Now […]
New in the Maker Shed: Dangerous Book for Boys Electronics
The Dangerous Book for Boys Essential Electronics kit presents electronics every kid should know through fun, engaging, and impressive experiments and activities.
Knifty Knitter Loom-Along: Alice Wrist Warmers – Checkin’ In and Q&As
Hello LALers! We are loving all the wonderful Alice Wrist Warmers you are making with your flower loom in the Knifty Knitter Loom-Along! See all the great photos in the slideshow at the end of the post. If you are joining in, don’t forget that to post your photos into the Knifty Knitter Flickr Group. […]
How the H1N1 vaccine is made
How the H1N1 vaccine is made… That looks like a pick and place egg machine… The most striking feature of the H1N1 flu vaccine manufacturing process is the 1,200,000,000 chicken eggs required to make the 3 billion doses of vaccine that may be required worldwide. There are entire chicken farms in the US and around […]
Simple Embroidered Stockings
Molly at The Purl Bee shows you how to make your own simple embroidered stockings which includes an alphabet pattern you can trace.
Jonathan Wolfe’s puzzle acorns
My buddy Jon makes these awesome little puzzle boxes from acorns. There are four shown in the video: one pair consisting of a smaller hinged acorn that nests, matryoshka-style, inside a larger one with a wire spring latch; a larger, locking nut that is opened by removing a small pin; and, finally, a large hinged version that is unlatched by knocking it against a surface from a certain angle.
