Printrbot, just successfully crowd-funded by Lincoln, California resident Brook Drumm, bills itself as an all-in-one 3D printer kit that “can be assembled and printing in a couple of hours.” Hack a Day’s Brian Benchoff gives a cogent technical analysis. Apart from the Kickstarter itself, Mr. Drumm maintains a Flickr set, a Vimeo account, and a fledgling blog dedicated to the project.
I’m a big fan of nonpareils sprinkles on my cupcakes, but Joel Brochu is taking the treats to a whole new level in this portrait of a pup getting a bath. The piece includes 221,184 nonpareils sprinkles that are painstakingly placed using jewelers tweezers. Only six colors of sprinkles were used in the picture, giving […]
Click and mortar giant Barnes & Noble’s Nook Tablet is a zippy update to the Nook Color “ebook reader”. The folks at iFixit recently tore one apart to get a closer look at the magic smoke that powers the HD streaming dynamo.
Every Third Thursday the employees of Signal Snowboards get together to get creative with board design and materials, and generally hack on gear at the factory. Recently they laboriously toiled over one of the more creative snowboard designs I’ve seen: the iShred.
[Video Link] I love the augmented reality content that Layar created for MAKE’s Toys & Games issue. And Gene Becker at Layar, who led this project, kindly wrote a how-to article about creating an augmented reality magazine cover. Read it after the jump. Augmented reality (AR) is a fun technology that overlays digital media onto […]
If you’ve got a long list for holiday gifts but not the biggest of budgets, check out some of these ideas for gifts under $20. Recycled License Plate Key Chain Great for guys and gals, this is a practical gift everyone will appreciate. Renaissance Center Glass Ornament This ornament features Detroit’s Renaissance Center, but any […]
Nikolaus Gradwohl of Vienna, Austria, built a cozy little workbench for his flat: Since space is very rare in my flat I made a small workbench that is hidden in an ikea-shelf. I combined a folding table and an ikea shelf. Then I added some small cabinets with drawers and an adjustable lamp. I had […]
