MAKE Flickr pool weekly roundup
From the MAKE Flickr pool: Papercraft rhombidodecadodecahedron [top left] Web-controlled car launcher launches car at toddler [top right] DIY audio test box [bottom left] Lovely solargraphy photos [bottom right]
Year: 2010
Upcycled Gun Jewelry
This jewelry made from reclaimed gun parts is a beautiful conversation piece. The intention of the GUN Reclamation Project is a statement about non-violence and transforming weapons into peaceful wearable art. I wonder if people who use and enjoy guns will want to wear them as well? [via ecouterre] More: Gunfight Cross Stitch Gun Purse […]
“Ask an engineer†TONIGHT 10pm ET – Special guest Amanda “w0z†Wozniak
I will helping out Ladyada with her weekly “Ask an Engineer” show again, tonight is a special treat – special guest Amanda “w0z†Wozniak – she designed the ICE TUBE clock enclosure that’s in the Maker Shed. W0z is a staff Electrical Engineer at Wyss Institute and formerly an applications Engineer at Analog Devices. This […]
Faux-POV HDD clock
Everyone and their grandmamas are building cool clocks these days, and Viacheslav Slavinsky‘s “Strobeshnik” is another example. Viacheslav etched stenciled numerals into a HDD platter and strobed LEDs behind the platter to show the time. Strobeshnik uses stroboscopic effect to create the illusion of persistent numeric display. The hard drive platter has 10 digits, colon […]
Meccano/Nexus One lava-lamp-testing centrifuge!
Neil Fraser’s Lava Lamp Centrifuge is 10′ across, weighs 50 pounds, and spins at 42 rpm generating 3 Gs. It uses a Nexus One’s accelerometer to measure g-force. Excellent! Will lava lamps work in a high-gravity environment such as Jupiter? This topic spawned considerable lunch-time discussion and no clear consensus emerged. Most people initially assumed […]
Your favorite maker scenes/MacGyver moments
Back in January, when we were kicking around ideas for monthly themes, and the movie making theme, Statff Editor Arwen O’Reilly Griffith sent out the following email about a great “maker scene” in a film. This got me thinking. There are probably a lot of such moments in films, some in movies otherwise best forgotten, […]
How-To: Fuzzy Knit Chicks And Mini Eggs
These little fuzzy friends come just in time to welcome spring. Check out Whit’s Knits over on The Purl Bee for the pattern and tutorial.