RoboGames 2010 “Greatest Hits” high-speed music mideo
The greatest hits from RoboGames 2010, recorded at 300fps using the Casio Exilim EX-F1 camera, and set to music… Thanks, Robert!
Year: 2010
Itty Bitty Baby Dress
After you make today’s featured Bitty Booties pattern, you can also sew up this Itty Bitty Baby Dress pattern from Made by Rae. This version above was made recently by Stitch-Craft using the sweetest cherry print that would be fun for a 4th of July picnic.
Observing the microscopic world using a cheap webcam
The fine folks over at Tweak Labs converted a cheap webcam into a microscope by inverting it’s lens, then used it to create this excellent video of some microscopic creatures doing their thing.
Make: Day call for makers
Last year’s Make: Day at the Science Museum of Minnesota was an exciting event full of geeky folks around the Twin Cities, showing off their projects. My colleague and ultimate ninja Mr. John Park was in attendance, promoting Make: television. Well, this year John won’t be there (I think?!) but there will be a whole […]
Giant Gummi Bears
Do you like gummi bears? If you do, you may have contemplated what it would be like to sink your teeth into a GIANT gummi bear. Pimp That Snack user Steve McCue made it happen, using honey bear containers as his molds. He humorously narrates his process, including the tale of Powder, the one and […]
Amy Sedaris CRAFT Embroidery
Pamela from Mucho Design stitched this lovely embroidered rendition of one of the photos in CRAFT Volume 10’s Amy Sedaris feature! From the pages of CRAFT: The Art of Hospitality by Amy Sedaris in CRAFT Volume 10. Grab the back issue from the Maker Shed.
Meet the integrated circuit
From Wired’s “This Day in Tech,” the invention of the IC, 1952: The first integrated circuit was fairly crude — it had only a transistor and other components on a slice of germanium. But it did show the potential of the IC, which continues today to get smaller and more complex. Just a few months […]