Bottle Cap Nautilus Sculpture
My son loves to collect bottle caps, and has amassed quite the collection. Perhaps he’ll be inspired by this nautilus made from bottle caps and wire by Ryan Lytle to make something out of his collection. [via Recyclart]
Month: August 2011
Twig Terrariums at The Museum of Arts and Design on Saturdays
photo courtesy of Robert Wright Twig Terrariums will be working in the Open Studios at The Museum of Arts and Design each Saturday in August. Each Twig Terrarium contains a very special scene using miniature figurines to complete your little green landscape – from idyllic pastoral scenes with cows and horses to angry punk rockers […]
Garden Avenger Lets You Pull Weeds From Inside
David Dorhout of Ames, IA, wrote in with his very cool robot, Nuntius the Garden Avenger. Love the controller! A couple of years ago I first saw one of those self contained game systems that consist of just the joystick and the AV wires that you plug into your TV. I was simply amazed at […]
Open Source Sniper Training
OK, in point of fact, this cool gadget from Matt Bitz of Liquidware could be used for pretty much any type of marksmanship training, but “sniper” was a pretty hard headline to resist. It couples Liquidware’s TouchShield Slide, an Arduino Duemilanove, and a lithium battery-pack in a camouflaged aluminum case for a handy range-gadget that records hits on a targetโjust tap the touchscreen with the tip of a round to mark a hitโand calculates accuracy and precision in real time. [Thanks, Jake!]
How-To: Birthday Number Wreath
I love this party decoration from Sara of Creative Jewish Mom. She created a number wreath for her daughter’s birthday and decorated it using paper plates and cupcake liners. She points out that while the project is simple, it can get a bit time consuming, so plan accordingly.
Five Fun Microcontrolled Bots to Build
Looking for some fun microcontrolled bot builds to get started on this weekend? Here are five project ideas with full build instructions on Make: Projects, from the simple One-Hour CoasterBot to the more complex but super cool Yellow Drum Machine shown above.
Inspiration: David Barth’s Drawings
David Barth is an artist from Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He was born in 1998, and he loves to draw details. Especially living creatures: bugs, snakes, birds, mammals. I love his approach! He just fills the page with them. Translated via Google Translate: David is diagnosed with Asperger syndome, a form of autism, which causes him […]
