Sculptor Dustin Wallace, whose intricately machined Transformers for grown-ups and sheet metal origami robots I have been raving about for some months, now, is at it again. These are a selection of choice work-in-progress shots from his latest build, called Sentry. Besides the arm blades, when finished, it will have hoses and canisters containing liquid on its back and a glowing LED in the eye.
Joris Peels, of i.materialise, sent us a link to this video of him demo’ing the strength and flame-retardant qualities of Ultem 9085, a 3D printing material made for use in aircraft parts. He melts the piece, eventually, but he really has to work at it. One of the biggest problems with 3D printing materials is […]
This young maker built a pneumatic-powered Lego version of the Most Useless Machine. Here’s another take on a Lego-based Useless Machine that we posted about earlier. Pneumatic Lego Uselessness! More: The Most Useless Machine (Complete build instructions on Make: Projects) Mark on The Colbert Report (video) From the pages of MAKE Volume 23: MAKE Volume […]
Flickr user Lucky Larry built this shakeable dynamo using a few rare earth magnets and a bit of wire.
The last Codebox showed how to use your webcam to replace your mouse with a magic wand (sort of). This issue builds on that example and shows how to create more sophisticated interactions with multiple targets.
Logging into Twitter today, I saw that it’s the 25th anniversary of Super Mario Brothers via their Nintendo America account. Whoa! Celebrate the day by checking out my favorite video game craft blog, Sprite Stitch. I’ve made lots of projects from here, including Mario in his Goomba Shoe. Find a project and make Mario proud!
Whew, that’s a lot to pack into a title! (And I didn’t even include everything.) But what a confection this apple, walnut, yogurt, olive oil cake looks to be … A friend just delivered a whole bag of tiny sweet apples from his backyard orchard, so I will definitely be testing this out soon. (I […]
