Month: March 2011

Flat-Folding Steel Grocery Bag

Flat-Folding Steel Grocery Bag

From Oxford “origami engineers” Weina Wu and Zhong You, published as A solution for folding rigid tall shopping bags in Proceedings of the Royal Society A. ScienceNOW has an item that at least tries to explain why this achievement is scientifically significant, rather than just really cool. Which, frankly, I don’t quite understand. But then, for our purposes, “really cool” is all the justification we need.

Maker Faire Newcastle, 2011

Maker Faire Newcastle, 2011

Sean Montgomery’s heartbeat sculpture, BBC News On March 11, 12, Maker Faire UK pitched its big, geeky tent once again in Newcastle. This BBC News “Tech Know” segment (link below) and article offer a fun little wrap-up of the event. It sounds like it was a roaring success, with some 10,000 attendees. Congrats to the […]