Turn a toy gyroscope into a motorized gyrocar and make it ride on skinny tracks. Thanks go to Matthew Gryczan for the original article in MAKE, Volume 23. View the PDF of this project. and then subscribe to MAKE magazine for other great projects you can do over the weekend. Get the Track Wheel Mounting […]
Turn a toy gyroscope into a motorized gyrocar and make it ride on skinny tracks. Thanks go to Matthew Gryczan for the original article in MAKE, Volume 23. To download The Gyrocar video click here and subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete Gyrocar article in MAKE Volume 23 and you can see that in […]
A group of awesome hackers from Chicago are working on a full-length documentary about the rise of the maker movement and formation of hackerspaces in the US.
By Diane Gilleland If you want to celebrate Halloween in a historical way this year, try carving turnips instead of pumpkins. One of the holiday’s oldest legends is the Celtic tale of Jack O’ Lantern. There are many versions, but essentially the story goes like this: Jack was a man who, through a series of […]
The work “One Perfect Cube” consists of three synchronized clocks that form a sign every 12 hours for exactly one second. When working with complex systems – which in a way a clock can be thought of as, looking at all it’s possible 43200 constellations within 12 hours – the main focus has to be […]
Angela of Soft Circuit Saturdays shows you how to make light up fairy wings using two different methods. This one above uses Aniomagic’s Schemer board which is a sewable controller you can program.
