Mouse trap car
Greg Borenstein posted drawings and photos of the mouse trap-driven car he’s been working on to the MAKE Flickr Pool. Mouse trap car
Month: February 2010
Staples, a blank wall, and lots of patience
This is the work of French artist Baptiste Debombourg. Some of his other works, including one more staples piece, can be seen here. [via Dude Craft]
Waste oil foundry furnace — complete!
Jake von Slatt gives us a video tour of his finished propane and waste oil foundry furnace. I love the lamp post and lights. SO von Slatty! Final test of Jake von Slatt’s Waste Oil Foundry Furnace
HeatSource Invention from L-MIT
Another Make: television-produced video highlights an invention called HeatSource. Using paraffin wax stored in plastic chambers to store heat, HeatSource was created by students for the MIT IDEAS competition.
Applications Now Open for UCU Seattle Summer Show!
Urban Craft Uprising is back for another summer show (July 10th and 11th), and applications are now being accepted. It’s a great show, so if you’re in the Pacific Northwest, seriously consider applying! The selection process supports new and upcoming crafters (so don’t be afraid if you’ve never vended before) as well as experienced vendors.
Blink LEDs at 2x speed with overclocked, liquid-cooled Arduino
Like making blinky light projects, but not able to pump enough performance out of those measly 8 bit instructions on your Arduino?
Grant Hutchinson’s workshop slash server room
I’m a big fan of workshops, the messier the better, and this one definitely fits the bill. I especially love the old school Macs that Grant has turned into servers. The super old ones are an 8500 and 9600 working as web servers, while a relatively modern G4/450 dualie serves as a file server. But […]