And we’re back with our sixth installment of Your Comments. Here are our favorites from the past week, from Make: Online, our Facebook page, and Twitter. Nate imagines what it would be like if the Star Wars characters were making Death Star cookies: Hee hee…I’m having all of these wonderful images of Vader, Tarkin, and […]
Flickr user, Start the Day, shares this fun sight caught out on the streets of Rome. Admiring the architecture in Rome we came across this Smart car which had been decorated with a natty, crocheted cover! Never seen anything like this before! Updated to add that this is a project from Magda Sayeg of Knitta […]
Bucky got his start in the sheet metal trade as a machinist, and had a hard time fitting in to college, ultimately getting expelled from Harvard. He worked as a mechanic and meat packer, and did a stint in the Navy during WW I. Ultimately he got a Sc. D. from Bates. He got his […]
Reportedly this cam-actuated, weight-activated grabbing hook from designer Stefan Bennedahl “makes it easy to hang things like towels that tend to fall off hooks,” which I’m willing to buy into if for no other reason than that it looks like a heckuva lot of fun to use. Design Within Reach actually lives up to its name with these, which are only $10 apiece.
Google’s App Inventor for Android (beta) is a tool that will help you visually design mobile apps and run them on an Android device. This should be exciting news for all the Open Blocks/Scratch fans out there as the project uses the Open Blocks Java library distributed by MIT’s Scheller Teacher Education Program.
Robot maker Michal Zalewski sent word that his latest attempt at cat befuddlement, the tinybot mk III, has been meticulously documented and awaits your perusal. Of interest are the geared steering, relatively low-cost components, and the fact that each gear was custom designed, machined, and manually cast in his home workshop.
Twelve-year-old Cassidy Mountjoy is the perfect example of a young maker, and more than once his enthusiasm has buoyed my commitment to all the MAKE endeavors, be it the blog, the magazine, or Maker Faires of all sorts and sizes.
