Airsoft minigun
Made almost entirely from machined aluminum by Kuba_T1000. It feeds plastic BBs from an electric ammo pack that holds 16,000 rounds. [via Hack a Day]
Month: August 2010
Hacker Trifecta: iPad, Arduino, kegerator combined in single device
John Boiles, whose extracurricular exploits as an undergraduate at UT Austin brought us iPhone-controlled dance floor lights, R/C cars, and yes, even full-size automobiles, has since moved to San Francisco and scored a job with Yelp. His latest “spare time” project, with the Yelp Engineering crew, is KegMate–a keg-mounted, Arduino-controlled data-logging suite with an iPad-based user interface. Among other features, the system reports and records the keg temperature, tracks which of its registered users is dispensing beer and how much they’ve dispensed, and collects user ratings of whatever brew happens to be on tap. [Thanks, John!]
More “Little Drifter” boats from around the world
Heather Kew/The Saanich Peninsula Flotilla Sarah Blum/Maryland Kelly Gratton/Saint Johns Pond, Delafield It turns out that Jeff Hamada of Booooooom got quite a response to his call for little drifter boats from readers of his blog. He received dozens of submissions, photos of little leaf and twig craft from around the world. Some of them […]
MAKEcation “summer camp” project roundup
Summer camp projects aren’t all painted rocks and macaroni portraits! I loved making woven plastic lanyards, friendship bracelets, fire-baked apples, and tie-dyed everything. In the spirit of bringing the joy of summer camp to your browser, I’m pleased to bring you a blast-from-the-past roundup of crafty projects, perfect for any MAKEcation. How-To: Make a Big-As-Life […]
This to That
This to That might be one of the best websites ever. To discover the perfect adhesive, just input the thing you have and the thing you wish to glue it to. But that’s not all! Do you get a headache when you use your hot glue gun? Need to glue your desktop down? What about […]
“Little Drifters,” art boats made from natural materials
This just showed up in our inbox moments ago, and man does it ever look like a fun and creative way to spend a lazy summer afternoon. And it’d make a perfect MAKEcation project! Booooooom, the Vancouver arts community and blog, headed up by Jeff Hamada, hosted this event at Trout Lake in Vancouver last […]
Sistine Chapel Ceiling Cross Stitch
This cross stitch of the Sistene Chapel ceiling by Joanna Lopianowski-Roberts took 2868 hours to complete. [via the Extreme Craft roadshow lecture]
