Xzibit Cross Stitch
Yo Dawg, I heard you like samplers… by Steotch [via Mr. X Stitch]
Month: November 2010
Lego n’ laser 3D scanner
Phillipe “Philo” Hurbain created a neat 3D scanner out of Lego last year. It used a needle mounted on a Technics linear actuator to measure the dimensions of objects for conversion into LDraw parts. Now he has upped the ante with his latest version that uses a laser and David laser scanner software to do […]
How-To: Cuddly Felt Bantha
Our pal, Bonnie Burton, over at StarWars.com proves that banthas can be quite cuddly with this fun felt plush bantha project. Every Tusken Raider needs a trusty bantha to ride around Tatooine. These elephant-sized creatures with long ram-like horns first showed up in A New Hope. It’s easy to make your own cuddly bantha with […]
Winners of Sock Yarn One-Skein Wonders
Congratulations to our Sock Yarn One-Skein Wonders winners: Elizabeth from Nampa, ID, Melissa from Averill Park, NY, and Elana from Dublin, Ireland. Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway!
Pet Rock 2.0
North Carolina area Etsy member GreenTape’s iRock Dock for the iPhone/iPod is an elegant, zen-like functional sculpture worthy of the most discerning and savviest of users. Improvements over the classic model include inlay Paduak cradle and USB charging cable. Groovy pet carrier packaging not included.
Hacked iRobot Create uses Xbox Kinect
The Kinect hackapalooza continues. Here, PhD student Philipp Robbel, of MIT’s Personal Robotics Group, combined an Xbox Kinect with an iRobot Create to come up with KinectBot. It can can generate “detailed 3D maps of its surroundings and wirelessly send them to a host computer. KinectBot can also detect nearby humans and track their movements […]
Human-powered cranes and lifting devices
They just put up a great article about the machines people used to lift and move heavy loads before the advent of steam power. Arguably the pinnacle of human-powered lifting technology were Sir William Fairbairn’s hand-cranked “Tubular Cranes,” one of which is shown above as illustrated in Fairbairn’s 1860 Useful Information for Engineers, Vol. 2:
