MOCpages user David Hyman created an ambitious Lego robotic hand controlled by a wrist-mounted exoskeleton packing 3 rotation sensors and 2 touch sensors. I built it using 3 RCX bricks, one for each finger. The hand has two fingers and an opposable thumb. Each finger/thumb uses a rack & pinion mechanism which moves flexible tubes […]
I’ve mentioned my friends Scott Constable and Ene Osteraas-Constable here before, and gushed adoringly about their work. Recently, Scott’s ruminations about the ideal characteristics of the venerable sawhorse, along with a photo of some beautiful “indoor sawhorses” he’s made, seemed like good fodder for another mention. Scott writes: During the rainy season, projects would occasionally […]
Inspired by the Dave Chapelle show, Spikenzie Labs made this “Wrap it up” box (with detailed instructions), encouraging talkative guests to get off the stage. Here’s a video of it in action: [via Adafruit]
Joan of Nini Makes is celebrating her blog’s third birthday and shares this cute downloadable paper owl box. Simply print on cardstock, cut out and fold to create a fun favor box or desktop decoration!
Natan Linder upgraded his trusty desklamp, augmenting it with a robotic arm, pico projector, and camera to make the LuminAR.
Learn to make hard candy jewels! Chica and Jo have a very thorough tutorial on their site. They used these candy jewels to decorate a Princess Peach birthday cake for a Super Mario-themed party. [via EMSL]
As a female who LOVES browsing the make.com materials, and who is courageous but sometimes missing some of the physics, I would love a basic (but thorough) explanation about the physics of trusses and how they distribute the load of the roof.
