My kids are finally getting to the age (and height) where helping in the kitchen and around the house isn’t quite a stretch, but I remember well the days when we’d pull up a chair to the counter for baking help. I’d spend half my time just trying to make sure they weren’t going to […]
Take a peek inside the Wilson Sporting Goods factory in Ohio to see how NFL footballs are made: mainly by highly experienced women! [via core77]
Mauricio at MAKE Español found this neat robot that packs three servos on each of its six legs, is controlled by an Arduino and can be controlled by voice command. Sweet!
Rob Emery created this awesome stained glass TARDIS clock for the Doctor Who Round 4 swap over on Craftster. Talk about a lucky swap recipient! [via Geek Crafts] More: Crochet TARDIS Pattern Lego TARDIS Print And Fold Dr. Who Icons And Characters Dr. Who Soft TARDIS TARDIS Quilt
For folks that don’t have the time to read the morning toast, a team from MIT Media Lab led by David Carr have fashioned an ambient feedback toothpaste dispenser, called Tastes Like Rain, that will check the forecast and dispense an appropriate amount and flavor of toothpaste suited to the day’s weather conditions.
MAKE Engineering Intern Eric Chu sent me the link to this cool video of a tiny 24 “room” apartment in Hong Kong. Using a system of tracked/rolling walls, the owner-builder is able to transform the space from living, cooking, dining, sleeping, and other areas. And think of all of the exercise he gets yanking those […]
UPDATE: Deadline extended to 11:59 PDT on January 24, 2011. There’s still time to enter the MAKE Karts and Wheels contest for the chance to have your project polished and published in the pages of MAKE Volume 26, the “Karts and Wheels” issue. Go-karts, electric bikes and scooters, biodiesel buggies, powered skateboards, self-balancing whatsits, illegal […]
