4WD Hub Motor Electric Longboard
MIT student Jed Storey built this skateboard, including home-made hub motors on every wheel. It is steered with a pistol-grip RC controller. [Thanks, Shane]
Month: August 2011
Motion-Controlled Plush Puppet
Photo by eyebeam Eyebeam recently hosted the Art Hack Weekend, which was described as, “a 2-day design and prototype party with 50 makers in attendance.” DisKinect, one of the winning projects, is a plush puppet that is “controlled simply by a person’s movements.” Users make movements in front of a Kinect system that then move […]
How-To: Build With Pumice
Interesting off-beat find via kris de kecker’s “No Tech Magazine,” which today linked to WIKI-style and PDF versions of Klaus Grasser and Gernot Minke’s 1990 book “Building With Pumice.” Turns out pumice, a foamy igneous rock, often tan in color and generally known for its ability to float in water…
Bob Ross Amigurumi
Allison Hoffman of Crafty is Cool is back with another of her awesome amigurumi creations. Our favorite Public Broadcasting painter, Bob Ross, is immortalized in yarn. She totally nailed his hair and beard, don’t you think?
Mini Motorcycle Casemod Pulls Double Duty
Part computer, part mini motorbike, this cool casemod by Renรฉ Grau can reach speeds of up to 40mph. Build details are scant, but at least we can admire this gaming PC’s road handling. [via Technabob]
Teagueduino Launch Party
Teague Lab’s Adam Kumpf sent word that they’ll be having a launch party for the Teagueduino, a snap-and-go Arduino work-alike, at Metrix Create Space, Seattle’s premier maker emporium, on Monday, August 22nd from 6pm-9pm.
Jewelry Making on Make: Live ep14
Becky demonstrates the basics of jewelry making. This is an archived clip from Make: Live, which was originally broadcasted on 8/10/11. Go to https://makezine.com/โlive/โ for information about the show, chat transcripts, and details on the next show.
