This video shows a clever modification to the Thingamagoop: a lightproof cardboard enclosure with a cardboard strip to control the amount of light reaching the photocell. You control the synthesizer’s pitch by moving the cardboard strip.
Heron’s Fountain, aka Hero’s Fountain (Wikipedia), is named for Hero of Alexandria, a 1st-century Greek mathematician and physicist who described it in his Pneumatica. It is a kind of hydraulic novelty, in which the action of falling water causes a stream of water to spurt up higher than its source, which is counterintuitive for many. This beautiful example dates from the late 1700s and is described in detail in the online gallery of the Museo Galileo in Florence.
Congrats to MAKE Contributing Editor Bill Gurstelle for his “Gonzo Engineering” profile in the June issue of Popular Mechanics. “We’ll be doing some flinging before long,” says the man in the jumpsuit, William Gurstelle, the catapult’s builder. On one side of the machine’s central fulcrum hangs a counterweight filled with 400 pounds of rocks and […]
The person behind wtfmoogle apparently had problems with their web server, and decided to replace it with an Arduino until a new server can be secured.
I love pinecones of all varieties and have them all over my cabin, but I had never seen tweed pinecones before peeping the ones made by Minnesota-based lilfishstudios. These gray and brown lovelies are made from felted reclaimed garment wool, and are hand-sewn. Their nature-inspired offerings don’t stop there. Also check out their beyond-adorable wool […]
Here’s a great latex bow tie for adding a little edge to your tuxedo look during DIY Wedding Month! More: How-to: Latex Leggings How-To: Latex Gauntlets
Summer is almost here (at least in the northern hemisphere)! Here are the upcoming craft fairs. Please add any events you know of to our online calendar, and if you have a call for vendors you’d like listed, please . Coming Up This Weekend: Made in the Shade Minneapolis, MN Saturday, Jun. 19, 10am – […]
