I’ve always had a thing for gerbera daisies, and made sure there were plenty at our wedding. If only I could knit, I’d whip up bunches of them using this free pattern from ODDknit for our twelfth anniversary this weekend! [via KnitHacker]
Artist, Jim Ricks, cleverly mashed together an ancient stone monument and a temporary inflatable structure to create The Poulnabrone Bouncy Dolmen, as well as a little social commentary on the state of contemporary Irish culture…for kids to jump on. The Poulnabrone Bouncy Dolmen is a replica, at twice the scale, of the famous 6,000 year […]
This beautiful model by Bloomingdale, Michiganโs Woodchuck and Company is listed for almost $40,000 on Etsy: “Constructed of cherry and walnut, this award-winning piece has over 4000 individual handcrafted parts and requiredover 3000 man-hours to complete…”
For yarn-loving crafters, Kootoyoo has a fun project for making a project tote bag, “perfect for carting small projects around and keeping yarn dust free.”
I’ve been waiting for a touchscreen placemat for some time now. Microsoft’s surface was/is a cool technology, but what we really need is something that’s basically an extra large tablet you wouldn’t feel bad about spilling your coffee on. The folks at SKR Technology have a prototype touch system that’s getting closer to this reality.
A few of us from MAKE stopped by the build site for the Red Bull Creation event where teams have just 72 hours to kludge together something capable of transporting a human some distance. I just joined the judging panel and it’s exciting to see the teams’ ideas brewing now that the communal junkyard is […]
In this weeks edition of The Latest in Hobby Robotics, Andrew and Frits are looking at a big question in life: “Why build a robot?”
And they have at least one fun reason: Solve a challenge.
Frits’s favorite challenge is discussed in the show:
Crossing the Gap Challenge: http://letsmakerobots.com/taxonomy/term/8954
Also in this show, is featured music made with aid of the Yellow Drum Machine, a robot that you can learn how to make in Make Magazine volume 27, scheduled to hit the stands on July 26th.
The Yellow Drum Machine (hit!) single “Dandelion pop” is out on iTunes and similar music stores: href=”http://itunes.apple.com/dk/artist/yellow-drum-machine/id436799216
Yes. It’s a robot with its own single on iTunes, and you can learn how to make one ;)
