Frits and Rik are back with another episode of This Week in Hobby Robotics! Find out what’s going on in the land of robots. Frits (from Denmark), who works professionally in web concept development, is the creator of Letsmakerobots.com, a popular international source for hobby robotics. His cohost, Rik (from Holland), is part of the […]
Over the past few days, as more and more terrible news is reported on the current events related to the tsunami and earthquake in Japan, I’ve seen many crafters online asking how they can help. Once again, it’s so wonderful to see the crafting community rally together when help is needed most. Here are a […]
Shown above is only the most recent work, using this technique, of Photobucket user ionustron, for whom it has been a lifelong hobby. Here’s another:
When I was a kid, we got to use some breakaway sugar glass prop bottles in a drama club play once, and I remember it as being so fun! We had to be careful because the bottles are expensive, but here’s a tutorial for making your own with a silicone mold and some sugar and corn syrup
File this under science meets textile. Silk worms that produce vibrantly coloured and luminescent silks have been created by scientists in Singapore. The resulting fibre offers a cheap way to circumvent the dying process and may even have medical applications. By feeding silkworms a mulberry mixture containing fluorescent dye, Natalia’s team was able to harvest […]
Chemical and Bio-engineering student Britt Michelsen writes in about her Kryptonite candy, which uses vitamin B2 to make this homemade confection glow.
MakerBot Industries blogger MakerBlock is working on a clockwork spider, and went the route of designing his own gears. He’s sharing his observations of designing and printing his own clockwork parts on the MakerBot blog. Here’s a sample: Don’t make parts too thin. The parts I printed tended to be designed too thin. If you […]
