We now carry the lovely book Feltique in the Maker Shed! It’s by Nikola Davidson and our very own Brookelynn Morris. What can you make from felt? What can’t you make from felt! Feltique shows you step by step how to master this versatile material. In one simple guide, you’ll have everything at your fingertips […]
I’m not sure what’s going on here but it appears to be an ode to space elevators. The uploader’s YouTube channel also has similar videos saluting the Pioneer and Voyager space probes as well as one talking about terraforming Mars. [via the Space Elevator blog]
Cathe Holden’s ability to think big with small items appears to have no bounds. This time she’s scanned in and manipulated fantastic graphics from a vintage deck of cards box. She shows how to mount the graphics to canvases and distress them to create a truly vintage look. The result is fantastic, and she’s offered […]
It sounded like a dream: a health club for nerds, only instead of treadmills and weight sets, members paid $125/month to work with CNC routers, laser cutters, and other high-end gadgets. The first of three TechShops opened in Menlo Park, California in 2006 but two more, one in Beaverton OR and the other in Durham, […]
MAKE, CRAFT and Maker Faire were sponsors of the Fairytale Fashion show 2010 with Diana Eng, here’s Phil Torrone’s video! The Fairytale Fashion Collection uses technology to create magical clothing in real life. Electronics, mechanical engineering, and mathematics are used to create clothing with blooming flowers, changing colors and transforming shapes. Research and development for […]
Physics professor Kieran Mullen of OU apparently has a hard-and-fast rule against laptops in class. To drive the point home, he staged a public execution of one by freezing it in liquid nitrogen and smashing it against the floor, where its broken remains were left as a warning to others. Of course the whole thing is staged and the laptop in question was old and worthless, but hey, any excuse to freeze stuff with LN2 is OK with me.
Spotted in the CRAFT Flickr Pool: Sappymoosetree created this Lego version of her favorite sock monkey, Scooter, over the course of about 3 days. Awesome!
