Ottawa native Andrew O’Malley makes these beautiful animated light sculptures, featuring finely crafted cases, hand-built electronics, and custom programming to achieve, as he puts it, “entertaining behavior through a playful balance between rules and randomness”:
Continue ReadingThis is Lauren Fatzinger’s fabric bazooka, which is part of a series of plush weapons. [via Neatorama] More: Plush AK-47
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After we put the kids to bed last night my wife and I realized we needed to set up some April Fools’ Day pranks. So I built this motion sensing alarm and tucked it into the shampoo bottle recess in the shower. When the kids entered the bathroom they got an earful of beeping piezo buzzer for their troubles!
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Check out this excellent Lego spider by Jason “Doctor Moebius” Ruff. Yes, that’s right, Lego — those hairs are actually a multitude of levers that the builder repurposed. Click on the image to see a larger version! [via Brothers-Brick]
Continue ReadingI can’t wait to make one of these model Hubble Telescopes that are featured on the Hubble web site. There are three versions: a PVC pipe version, a basic paper model version, and an expert paper model version that even includes the internal structure of the telescope. Why not host a little Hubble-building party with […]
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The OK Go Rube Goldberg machine folks write: Many of you have asked for some more behind-the-scenes details on how our Rube Goldberg Machine video for This Too Shall Pass was made. We are more than happy to deliver. The interactive floor plan includes photos, videos, a detailed map of the warehouse, and some interesting […]
Continue ReadingMatt Mets @ Make: Online writes: Chris and Madeleine Ball wrote in to share their email-counting t-shirt. Using some parts that they got from the Sparkfun Free Day, they added an LED display to the front of the shirt, that displays a count of the user’s unread email. An Android phone continuously checks the user’s […]
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