Drill-Powered Tricycle
German designer Nils Ferber designed a sleek, futuristic-looking drill-powered trike, and built it out of stainless steel, with the help of his team.
Month: September 2011
Corinne McAuley’s Beaded Tapestries
Corinne McAuley made these amazing beaded tapestries. The image above is called “Birch Trees” and is made from 32,400 beads and the image at the top is called “Buffalo Round Up” and consists of 38,000 beads!
How-To: Droide Gonk de Star Wars
Instructables user Gonzolo Rojo Aguirre shows us how to build a reproduction “Gonk” droid from the original Star Wars sand crawler scene using bits ‘n’ pieces from IKEA. Text en español, but si no habla, you can get the gist from the photos, and of course Google translate.
World’s First Functioning Lego Greenhouse
This fantastic greenhouse made entirely of Lego bricks was just unveiled at the 2011 London Design Festival. Designed by Sebastian Bergne, it is made up of around 100,000 Lego bricks. The walls, the floors, and even the earth are all composed of either translucent or brown pieces, though the tomatoes, peppers, sunflowers, and other flora […]
DIY Ring Flash Kit
If you’ve ever found flash photography to be too harsh, but often wondered how the pros get those evenly lit studio shots, you should check out a ring flash. Shooting through a ring flash will get you smooth, even lighting, and that perfect twinkle in the eye. You’ll also lose the harsh shadows that usually accompany a flash.
Jake’s Laser-Cut Sous-Vide Controller
Jake Spurlock, our resident I.T. ninja, built this STC-1000-based water bath temperature controller from my recent Make: Project guide. Jake, who works from MAKE HQ in Sebastopol, was able to misappropr…er, borrow some time on the office laser cutter to make the front panel, instead of relying on the drill, saw, and files I had to use. (No, I’m not jealous. What gave you that idea?) Jake reports success with sous-vide eggs, and is moving on to steaks.
The Maker Faire App
We are thrilled to announce the release of the World Maker Faire event app, put together by Xomo Digital and some of O’Reilly’s finest. The app is sponsored by HP’s Hacking Autism Initiative. As Maker Faires get bigger, with more to see and do, and more makers to connect with, a good organizing tool is […]
