Skiing robot caught in steady decline
Researchers at the Jozef Stefan Institute built this fun skiing robot. It consists of two computing systems, one that acts as a vision and route planning system, and the other for stabilization and steering.
Year: 2009
Interview with MakerBot owner Andrew Plumb
Andrew Plumb is a really active member of the MakerBot community, and there’s a nice interview with him about his experiences up on the MakerBot blog. I’m writing a piece about MakerBot for Make: 21, and found his story particularly interesting.
DIY stereo tube amp
Gio writes in to tell us about his latest vacuum tube-based audio amplifier design, the
5751 SRPP / EL84 (6BQ5) Push-Pull Tube Amp.
Cupcake Recipes for Kids
Perfect for your kid’s first birthday party, these cupcake recipes for kids at weelicious use agave necter instead of refined sugar. Choose the carrot/pineapple cupcake with cream cheese icing or go for the dark chocolate cupcake. Both look delicious!
BREAKING NEWS: Stephen Hawking’s successor named
BREAKING NEWS: Stephen Hawking’s successor named. We had a contest to guess who it would be, no one got it, some great guesses though! Cambridge University has named the man who will succeed Professor Stephen Hawking in one of the world’s most prestigious academic positions. The celebrated physicist, who has motor neurone disease, completed his […]
Pop-up Lego Zen temple is itself wonderfully Zen
It’s like a pop-up book, kind of, except way more complicated and expensive and made of Lego elements by YouTube user talapz. Words fail me, too. [via The Brothers Brick]
Deviled Eyes
Sarah James at Instructables shows us how to make a Halloween take on deviled eggs: deviled eyes!
