The World Maker Faire has come and gone, but the spirit and purpose of the fair lives on. Heather Knight’s robot Nao performed a series of stand-up sketch comedy bits about NYC neighborhoods, and also helped initiate the world’s first Robot Census! Initially focused on robots on Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University campus, the census is […]
Flickr user, cseneque, created this geektastic crochet portrait of Bender from Futurama. I love how the edging makes it look like it’s actually in a picture frame!
Chris Schaie just e-mailed me this picture of a recent commission. It’s a custom Nautilus-style submarine door that incorporates Chris’s familiar irising peephole as well as a new multiple bolt mechanism that locks and unlocks by turning the handwheel. Beautiful work, Chris!
We just got the new line of Leatherman tools in the Maker Shed. There is the MAKE: Warranty Voider, MAKE: Bomb Defuser , and the MAKE: Circuit Breaker. All of these tools make the perfect companion for mobile fixing, hacking, and MacGyvering. This is a limited offering with custom MAKE laser etching.
Pi to the 100th decimal place around your neck, available for sale in Japan. [via BoingBoing] More: Make a Firefox Necklace ASCII Heart Necklace
Katie made this rad cross stitch skull pillow, great work! More: Silver skull spoons Super skull roundupalooza Lovely 3D-printed skull Gorgeous little needle-felted skull Skull pedals
Add the SunMod kit to your remote control and you will never need to replace the batteries again! Just turn your remote over, place in the sun, and let the charging begin. Hack any AA or AAA powered device to make it solar powered. Please Note: Rechargeable NiMH batteries are required, and not included.
