I like to give (and receive!) photos as gifts, but I get bored with the usual 5X7 framed variety. This tutorial from Photojojo might just fuel my next few gift giving sprees. They show how to create a double-sided set of puzzle blocks that lend a bit of interaction to enjoying the pictures. This could […]
YouTube user Ookseer posted vids of these hyperactive little vibrobots he made from pagers motor, watch batteries, and bits of tin. He writes: If you want to read more about them and how to build them it’s on my blog. All I ask is that if you build one (or ten!) send me photos! Drunken […]
On the forums at Crazy Builders, a maker named “Technician” has posted a series of videos and photos explaining how his quick dump valve high-speed marshmallow cannon works. The cannon is made from some PVC pipe, a propane camping lantern bottle, and some 1″ pipe. It’s a scaled-down version of a larger T-shirt cannon he […]
I love all of the fun, inspiring work being done in robotic found-art sculpture. Bot sculpture, built out of junk, is one of the folk art forms of the early 21st century. One of the mad practitioners of the form is Mario Caicedo Langer, of Bogotá, Colombia. Check out his Flickr photostream for other awesome […]
Jim Seller’s made this amazing box full of gorgeously-machined art-widgets as a gift for a friend. It doesn’t actually do anything, except make people feel really good looking at the craftsmanship and love involved. Jim wanted to make something in the style of a 19th century scientific instrument. He calls it the ETD (Earth Tremor […]
Maker Sebastian Dwornik needed a way to mount a mobile device to his mountain bike in order to field test some software he’d written. His solution, though crude, turned out to be quite effective.
Calling Bay Area crafters! Stitch N’ Pitch with the SF Giants is happening next week, Monday July 27th. The first 1,500 people who buy advance tickets will take home a Lou Seal Knitting Bobblehead! Pictured above is a scene from last year’s game with Lou Seal’s mom holding the pair of knitted converse sneakers from […]
