One of the first coasterbots for our Robot Build contest has hit the MAKE Flickr pool. The work of Shawn Augustson, this robot looks very promising… I like how Shawn has altered the CD, which is totally within the rules. I had two different CD’s, one was a TDK that had gold paint on it. […]
So the bragging rights I mentioned in Monday’s post about the newly-discovered single shape that tiles the plane aperiodically go to mathematician and artist Edmund Harriss, aka Gelada, who produced these beautiful renderings of the Socolar-Taylor tile in Blender and uploaded printable 3D models to Thingiverse. There’s more info and images on Harriss’s blog, Maxwell’s Demon. [Thanks, Edmund!]
Take a look at the collection of plaster containers from Danny Seo’s collection above. The one on the far left is a bit of an illusion. He shows you how to create a plaster jar in a most unusual way (scrap bit of a knit scarf or sweater, anyone?) and turn it in to something […]
In the Apple guide tour videos, you can see that the person using the iPad has MAKE magazine bookmarked! I haven’t seen an iPad in person, but tablets are interesting to think about when it comes to portable computing. I’m really looking forward to hacking an iPad. When the iPhone came out, jailbreaking and doing […]
Too late for DIY Movie Making Month, but I couldn’t resist sharing this video created by Rethink Communications, Giant Ant Media, and Wave Productions to promote Design Week Vancouver, which is coming up at the end of April. They printed out over 2,000 bill-sized “frames,” ran them through a bill-counter, and filmed the stack piling up in the receiving tray to create the illusion of motion.
Metromode did a nice piece on i3Detroit, All Hands Active, and other hacker efforts happening in Detroit and the pending Maker Faire Detroit event. They quote Dale Dougherty about the Faire coming to town: MAKE magazine’s July 31 – August 1 Maker Faire, the tech-boosted Woodstock for the DIY and hacker set is in Detroit […]
This has to be the craziest DIY town fireworks celebrations ever!
