DIY spirograph machine
It must be fun to have Stephen Hobley as a parent, because he is always coming up with cool things for his kids to play with.
Month: September 2010
University of Maryland robotics open house
My friend Erica Kane, from HacDC, recently went to an open house at the University of Maryland’s robotics department. This is a cool thing to do, if you live near a school that has such a department (or some other tech discipline you’re interested in). Call them up and see if/when they’re doing an open […]
Winners of Creative, Inc.
Congrats to Kristin from Livermore, CA, Macon from New York, NY, and Carol from Allen, TX who have each won a copy of the new book, Creative, Inc. The Ultimate Guide to Running a Successful Freelance Business by Meg Mateo Ilasco and Joy Deangdeelert Cho. Thanks to everyone who entered!
Giant Holga camera
Gil Adam sent us this awesome Holga camera replica he fabricated for an Industrial Design class. He writes: I have recently completed a 3:1 scale model of my favorite plastic camera, the Holga, and I thought you might be interested to publish it on your blog. The model was done as part of my first […]
Subversive Cross Stitch Halloween 2010 Kit
Subversive Cross Stitch’s Halloween 2010 kit is now available! Get 4 patterns designed by Katie Kutthroat, a long time contributor to the SCS Flickr group. The $22 kit also comes with instructions, 4 pieces of die-cut-edge material, all the thread you’ll need, sparkly detail thread, and one embroidery needle. Inspired to craft something for Halloween? […]
Bit-52’s robot band does “Rock Lobster”
I can’t believe this escaped our radar until now — it’s the Bit-52’s, a robot band, doing the B-52’s epic “Rock Lobster.” Check out bd594’s (James Cochrane, Toronto, Canada) YT channel for some other great vids of machines making music. [via LaughingSquid, Boing Boing, and Dangerous Minds] bd594’s YouTube channel
Big week for ARM
ARM had not one but two articles in the NYTimes this week (same author, Ashlee Vance)… ARM Chips May Spread Into Everyday Items… ARM, which designs the low-power chips that go into just about every cellphone sold today, commands a prime position when it comes to one of the next major technological revolutions. This is […]