Music of the sun recorded by scientists @ Telegraph… Astronomers at the University of Sheffield have managed to record for the first time the eerie musical harmonies produced by the magnetic field in the outer atmosphere of the sun. They found that huge magnetic loops that have been observed coiling away from the outer layer […]
Like myself, Dustin Wallace was a Transformers kid. Now that he’s all growed-up and has access to a water-jet cutter, the lucky duck, Dustin has started making pretty amazing transforming aluminum versions of his cherished childhood toys. This one if called Homage 1.0. It’s for sale here, and Dustin’s personal site is here.
By George Hart for the Museum of Mathematics A lathe is used to turn wood into baseball bats, spindles, and other shapes with rotational symmetry. It can also be applied to making many types of mathematical models. Bob Rollings made this construction from spindles that form the edges of an icosahedron inside of a dodecahedron. […]
SpikenzieLabs make some of my favorite kits, including the Povard, and the VoiceShield. I love meeting the makers behind the kits, and I got a chance to meet Mark and Andy at Maker Faire this year. They are awesome guys, read on for their Maker Business story.
I just got back from the Science Museum of Minnesota where the second Make: Day has concluded. Make: Day is kind of a mini maker faire, with all sorts of fun projects displayed for museum-goers. Last year’s event was partly a promotion for Make: Television but this one didn’t really have a clear Maker Media […]
A new monthly online gallery I am helping to “curate” – this month’s featured artist took an amazing photo of the MAKE Game of Life board(s)…. Throughout the years people have told us “art is not usually associated with electrical engineering” – but we do not believe them. Our first artist for 2010 in our […]
Interesting photo set of “everything” made out of paper… There’s also a stop motion video of the “car” in action.
