From a group of what seem to be mostly Italian scientists with the delightfully ominous name of The Octopus Project. Construction details were published as Design of a Biomimetic Robotic Octopus Arm in Bioinspiration & Biomimetics in 2009. A 2008 conference preprint is available here.
By the crazy German mad scientists at Festo. SmartBird is an ultralight but powerful flight model with excellent aerodynamic qualities and extreme agility. With SmartBird, Festo has succeeded in deciphering the flight of birds – one of the oldest dreams of humankind. This bionic technology-bearer, which is inspired by the herring gull, can start, fly […]
In today’s Craft video we make a color block mountain range painting using a technique you could use for a plethora of projects
Last night at the Handmade Detroit Social Circle at i3Detroit, several of our crafters helped cut fabric strips for the Quilts for Quake Survivors project. I love this idea – helping out a wonderful cause and putting your fabric scraps to use. We’ll be working on cutting more and more fabric this weekend here in […]
It’s no secret I am excited to watch the upcoming royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middelton on April 29th. This new knitting book, Knit Your Own Royal Wedding by Fiona Goble looks adorable and has the entire cast of the royal family right down to the corgi dogs. [via The Telegraph]
OK, so it’s not, actually. Bulletproof, that is. But with 3/32? aluminum sheet covers, nickel-plated steel piano hinges, and all-riveted construction, it’s a damn sight tougher than just about any other 3-ring binder you’re likely to encounter in the wild. Especially those crappy cardboard-shrinkwrapped-in-vinyl models most of us had to make do with as schoolkids.
I feel like multicolored faux fur has met its true plushie calling: to represent the sun. It’s part of the Celestial Buddies plush toy line.
