Part of this problem, posed by one Ernst Straus in 1952, is to design a polygonal room lined with mirrors having at least two points such that any ray starting at one point can reflect around the room forever without hitting the other point, and vice versa. One such room, shown above, was demonstrated by […]
2010 Nobel prize in physics goes to Andre Geim & Konstantin Novoselov. Graphene – the perfect atomic lattice. A thin flake of ordinary carbon, just one atom thick, lies behind this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics. Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov have shown that carbon in such a flat form has exceptional properties that originate […]
Caffaknitted shows us her clever design for knitting a boombox that holds mini speakers and your iPod or iPhone. While she doesn’t have a knitting pattern, per se, seeing how she made hers and working off of your own measurements, you can whip one up too and let the warm and fuzzy beats flow.
Split Reaction built a giant Mega Claw Game for the World Maker Faire in NYC, wowing the crowd and winning the Editors’ Choice award. We wanted to wow the crowd and build something awesome, a project that would inspire kids to become makers and engineers. Also it had to be fun to build so of […]
Our friends at Lion Brand Yarn Studio point us to this handy online amigurumi pattern generator. You can adjust the size, shape and placement of the parts of the figure and once you are satisfied, a simple click generates the pattern for the amigurumi. It looks like it could be a good place to get […]
Hackmeister Benjamin J. Heckendorn discovers that a cheapo hand powered light will crank out just enough juice to charge his HTC EVO. With Sprint bringing 4G to more cities recently, the usefulness of this hack will only increase.
October 24th is the date of the 2010 East Bay Mini Maker Faire. It looks like they’ve got a lot of great makers, crafters, and performers lined up, from robot builders to the Church of Craft, to Howtoons (with novelist Michael Chabon!). And Tim O’Reilly will be there teaching you how to make jam (I’m […]
