Beco blocks are home-printable blocks that snap together
r3becca of the Syndey hackerspace Robots and Dinosaurs designed these nifty Beco Blocks, which are 3d-printable blocks that you can snap together to make posable toys, hinges, or whatever.
Year: 2011
Fabric Flower Bottle Wrap
Wouldn’t this gorgeous fabric flower bottle wrap from Between the Lines make a fabulous host gift added to a bottle of wine? (White wine, anyway, unless you used red cloth instead!) After you’re done drinking it, there’s a beautiful vase just waiting to be filled. More: Button-Up Bud Vase
Monster Krupp bucket excavator eats stray bulldozers
Stumbling upon these photos was a strange moment for me. I’ve been playing Borderlands recently, and it had never occurred to me that the monster excavator from the video game might’ve been based on a real-world machine–a real-world machine which, just by eyeballing it, looks like it might actually be bigger than the video game version. Dark Roasted Blend has a good article with lots of deets on the monster machine.
Skill Set: Soldering
It all starts with soldering. Over the years, we’ve been on something of a mission to teach soldering to all of our readers and we hope we’ve encouraged some of you to take the plunge. If not, now’s the time! It’s really not hard to do. It just takes a little practice and a few […]
Half-Birthday Paper Crafts
Today is my half birthday – I am approximately 30.5 today and absolutely nobody cares. Even Wikipedia says “most half birthdays go unremarked.” I love half birthdays, but getting family members, significant others, friends, and even co-workers to acknowledge this day usually never happens. So this year I put about a half-hour’s worth of effort […]
Foot-operated elevator button
I’ve wanted a door “knob” that worked like this for years. Would’ve been especially nice in some of the large chemistry and biochemistry labs I’ve worked in, where the “gloves on or off” protocols for opening doors between rooms were not always clearly established and/or followed. [via Gizmodo]
How-To: Stud Cuff
By Erica Domesek A project excerpt from the book, P.S.- I Made This…. Age-old question: If you had to eat the same one meal every day for the rest of your life, what would it be? Answer: A big bowl of style soup! Start with one part street chic, stir in two parts ultra edginess, […]
