Happy Lady Ada Day! I couldn’t let his happy occasion slip by without giving a shout-out to my favorite female uber-geek, Jeri Ellsworth. I am just so thrilled that a number of the maker-engineers that I look up to and admire are women. It’s encouraging to think of girls growing up with the likes of […]
I love simple yet time-consuming crafts I can do in front of a good movie. Meg from Decor It Yourself shows us how to revamp a tired old lampshade with this structural blossom look.
Looking to take a break from tinkering on your latest project this weekend? Here are some fine maker events to check out, from The Maker Events Calendar.
What’s a robbit? Why, a robot rabbit, of course! No geektastic Easter basket would complete without one of these robbit plushies. Learn how to make them from Vickie Howell.
We’re gearing up (gawd, we have got to stop using that!) for the launch of the Make: Robot Build. We sent Dispatch #2 of the project newsletter out today. We have nearly 400 people signed up and we’re already starting to hear people’s ideas for the build. We’re psyched! Starting next week, we’ll get into […]
It’s not, unfortunately, actually made of wood. Details are scanty, but I suspect wrought iron. It’s the work of Florida metalsmiths Imagination in Metals. [via Design You Trust]
Yoshihito Isogawa’s ingenious centrifuge uses Lego Power Functions (think NXT without the microcontroller) elements to power it, and uses a IR remote control to start and stop! [via The NXT STEP]
