Discover the inner workings of a mortise and cylinder lock, first developed by the Egyptians over 4000 years ago, with the Beginners Lock-Picking Blend by TOOOL (The Open Organization Of Lock-pickers). Each set contains 8 hand-picked tools that will get you on your way to opening a variety of different locks.
A pencil skirt is one of my favorite fashion items. It’s timeless, classic and always sophisticated and a bit flirty. I may spend most of my time in jeans and Chucks, but I wouldn’t mind having more occasions for which a pencil skirt would be in order. This tutorial from Lizzie of C&C shows how […]
Ross Crawford’s brick ukulele can be played and its four strings are tuned to C, F, A and D. This model has to be able to withstand the tension of 4 fairly tight strings without exploding. I ended up using a pre-stressed Technic rod up the middle of the neck, which allowed the head to […]
13,138 dice were used to create this portrait of deceased designer Tobias Wong, one for each day he lived. His friend Frederick McSwain created DIE, and Core77 created the video of its assembly. [via MAKE]
Using special designed and machined grippers, this prototype ‘bot from researchers Matthew Journee, XiaoQi Chen, James Robertson, Mark Jermy, and Mathieu Sellier can climb wooden, metal, and cloth surfaces with ease. Rough textures and small gaps in the substrate apparently present no problem, and the video includes impressive footage of the machine dragging an additional half-kilo weight up a wooden door and rolling around upside-down on a ceiling made of glass.
Brett Bara’s latest project over on Design*Sponge is this cute gardening apron. This simple work apron will do the trick, keeping your gloves, seed packets and shears at your fingertips while you work in the garden. It’s super easy to sew using nothing but a few simple straight seams, so even if you’re just a […]
Interaction Designer Mike Knuepfel has been experimenting with extending capacitive touch interfaces and has put together a video demonstrating seven interesting touch UI projects. Similar to work done at Teague Labs and the Reactable project, Knuepfel looks to make touch interfaces even more tactile and expressive. [Thanks, Jake!] Touchscreens like those found on smartphones and […]
