Last month we profiled Twin Cities Maker, a maker collective that just rented a small warehouse for use as a communal workshop. One of the clauses of the lease was that they were allowed to rent only part of the warehouse, but if someone came by who wanted to rent the entire space, Twin Cities […]
Yesterday, engineer Takuo Toda, president of the Japan origami aeroplane association, set a world flight record for a traditional-origami paper plane of 26.1 seconds. He’s had longer flights, but they involved the use of scissors, tape, or other non-traditional materials. [via Neatorama]
3,604 cups of coffee (well, some of them are clearly mostly milk) make up this replica of the Mona Lisa. [via Inspire me, now!] More: Bill Cosby Portrait in JELL-O Shots
Dana from MADE shares a fun project she created for the So You Think You’re Crafty contest for the Gift theme. These personalized candy pouches would be fun small gifts for kids or friends!
Skatronix & Olegtron’s experimental sound cycle goes for a test ride through the streets of Turku, Finland running almost entirely off of pedal-power – Some example sound and light projects powered with one dynamo. Our mobile workshop where you can build such projects and much more will circulate Turku city in the summer 2010. More […]
John Baichtal @ MAKE writes: You’ve heard of art cars… but what about art shanties? These are ice fishing huts converted into habitable works of art. Now in its third year, the Twin Cities’ Art Shanty Projects returns to frozen Medicine Lake for another round of awesome huts. All sorts of activities will take place […]
Matthias’ Lego domino row building machine takes the tedium out of laying out lengthy domino runs – and looks pretty smooth doing it. A motor from an old tape deck keeps the little guy moving forward and equally spacing each handmade wooden piece – The key idea that makes the machine work is that the […]
