So, I went in a different direction. We’ve been playing with R/C helicopters in the office recently, which is what inspired this gift. Here you go, John: a fiberglass R/C helicopter kit from Titan. Isn’t it neat?
Have you checked out Make lately to see all of the awesome kits they’re giving away as part of their Holiday Kit-A-Day Giveaway?! Geez! The amazing giveaways are part of a bigger celebration for Make: Ultimate Kit Guide 2012. There will be two phases of prizes happening between now and Dec. 23 for close to […]
I love the detail that Andrea Burnett of Sheep Creek Needlecraft has been able to capture in these awesome needle felted Star Wars ornaments. Check out the Millennium Falcon cockpit and dish! Geek trees need these this holiday season for sure. [via Nerdstink] Related: Needle-Felted Jabba The Hut How-To: Lego Star Wars Ornaments
A Threadless kiosk at a Dominick’s at 2550 N. Clybourn. Image Credit: Matt W. News From The Future – Crowd Sourced T-Shirt Vending Machines… …the automated kiosk is part of a pilot program Threadless entered with Coinstar, Inc. Many of us have used Coinstar to cash in large amounts of change at some point. The […]
One of the many cool open source initiatives we’ve been keenly following here at MAKE is the Open Source Ecology project and their Global Village Construction Set (GVCS). They’ve been on our radar ever since they won our Green Project Contest at the beginning of the year.
Wow, there are a lot of craft fairs this weekend. Buy your holiday presents locally this year – keep your dollars, pounds, and rupees local! Coming Up This Weekend: Urban Craft Uprising Seattle, WA Dec. 3-4 Holiday Fair Portland, OR Dec. 3 Craftaluma – Holiday Ho Ho Ho Down Petaluma, CA Dec. 3 NoHo Dine […]
Here’s a clip of Liquid Robotics founder and CTO Roger Hine talking, at the most recent Bay Area Maker Faire, about the innovative design of his company’s Wave Glider robot boat, which converts the up-and-down motion of waves at the surface into energy for propulsion. More technical details are available on Liquid Robotics’ site. On November 17, Liquid Robotics launched four…
