Month: July 2011

NXT Wall-E

Lego NXT Wall-E transformable fully self controlled, it uses Lego Mindstorms programming environment. The video shows the transformation which is quite similar to the original Wall-E. See the maker’s Picasa gallery showing build photos. Note that, in typical Mindstorms fashion, the actual transformation takes 4 minutes. [Via Inhabitots]

How-To: Magnetic Googly Eyes

Sean Ragan @ MAKE writes: I went through a googly-eyes phase when I was in college, wandering ’round applying them to the most inappropriate and disturbing objects I could find, and taking pictures. The mentionable results of this project include googly-eyed tombstones, firearms, surgical instruments, and urinal cakes. None of these photos will ever see […]

How-To: Fabric Artist Trading Cards

Hanna Andersson has been making Artist Trading Cards (or, ATC’s) lately, using small pieces of embroidery. Aren’t these owls cute? She has a nice how-to for mounting them on a card stock backing on her blog. If you’re unfamiliar with ATC’s, they have a rich culture behind them. You can learn more here.