Year: 2010

Needle Felted Hubble Space Telescope

Jen Scheer, a former space shuttle technician and founder of Project Mercury Rising, created this awesome needle-felted Hubble Space Telescope. It’s complete with tiny astronauts representing crew members from the STS-125 Hubble servicing mission during the EVA when Mike Massimino had to forcibly remove a handrail from the telescope. The details in her piece are […]

Lego n’ laser 3D scanner

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 […]

Pet Rock 2.0

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.