Biomass robot eats food, requires litter box
Researchers at the University of Bristol are hard at work designing robots that can draw power by digesting food directly.
Month: July 2010
How-To: Bottle Stopper Menagerie
I think that one of my favorite ways to incorporate a good design principle into home decor is through the use of mismatched clusters. Grouping many things that are alike-but-different is an easy way to get visually pleasing results. DesignSponge is featuring a tutorial for making a menagerie of various clever bottle stoppers. It’s simple, […]
Millennium Falcon guitar
Custom electric guitar build by Travis S., incorporating an original Millennium Falcon toy over a hard maple backing block attached to a purchased neck black. I especially like the light-up engine blocks. More details are available here. [via Neatorama]
Jarod Charzewski’s Scarp
I love the geological look to this fiber sculpture by Canadian artist Jarod Charzewski, called Scarp. [via VVORK]
Free Heather Ross Design Lecture at PNCA in Portland
Fabric designer, Heather Ross, will give a free talk on her design process this Friday evening at Portland’s Pacific Northwest College of Art. The talk is part of PNCA’s Summer of Making, which includes all kinds of workshops, classes and lectures around art, craft, design and digital media. Heather Ross Design Lecture Friday, July 23 […]
Open Retail panel tomorrow at Eyebeam in NYC
Tomorrow some MAKE friends will participate in a panel discussion called Open Retail at Eyebeam’s Summer School series in New York City. The event will also be live streamed, for all you out-of-towners. Moderated by Dustyn Roberts, Eyebeam Disscussants: Bre Pettis, MakerBot; Giana González, Hacking Couture; Becky Stern, CRAFT and MAKE Magazines, Sternlab Using Re:Group […]
How-To: Newspaper Gift Bag
I love this tutorial from Jessica Jones of How About Orange for making giftbags from newspapers. It’s a fun recycling project, and a unique gift wrap option.
