Reader Shaun Crampton sent us the specs for his “ArduRoller”: Chassis: laser cut 2.7mm bamboo ply (Ponoko); various M2.5 machine screws from Amazon; Instamorph low-melt-point thermoplastic to fill in the gaps. Motor driver: 1 x Sparkfun Ardumoto…
Here’s a fun project to get a walking robot up and running as soon as possible.
Jonathan Kuniholm of OpenProsthetics.org wanted something to make using his iPad a little easier, so he came up with this sleeve design while spending time with his son at his local TechShop. Constructed of soft leather, the sleeve can either be warn with a glove and strap or easily held in place by an arm.
The Awesomer points us to this amazing recreation of a Walkman by Zim and Zou. Make sure to check out the post for a video on how they made it happen.
Happy International Year of Chemistry! And this is also the 100th anniversary of the award of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Marie Curie. To commemorate the occasion, the magazine, Chemical and Engineering News asked several chemists to contribute essays about the achievements of chemistry. Well worth reading is Naomi Pasachoffโs essay on Curie. Truly, has there ever been a scientist as courageous as Madam Curie?
UK-based textile designer Claire-Anne O’Brien loves playing with the textural elements of knitting stitches. Here, she’s used a combination of hand and machine knitting to create dramatically oversized patterns as upholstery. On her website, you can also see interesting examples of her Modular Stitch concept, which plays on the most basic element of knitting – […]
Next week, we’ll be launching a series of 15 Weekend Projects, brought to you by RadioShack’s The Great Create. These step-by-step electronics how-tos will appear as a special section on Make: Projects, on a custom MAKE Facebook subpage, and we’ll be published a special weekly newsletter to support the program. The weekly Weekend Projects newsletter […]
