Superhero Lollipop Templates
For your kid’s next birthday party serve it up superhero style with Zakka Life’s cute supehero lollipop templates. Such a cute idea for party favors!
Year: 2011
Cubelets: Modular Robotic Blocks
Cubelets look like they’re the perfect toy for kids that are old enough to be interested in robotics and electronics but not old enough to understand an H bridge: The cubelets standard kit comes with 20 magnetic blocks that can be snapped together to make an endless variety of robots with no programming and no […]
Car assembles itself, owner and dog watch
Car enthusiast Michael Bakiewicz put together this time lapse movie of his Suzuki car putting itself together. At least that’s what it looks like– in reality, the short documents nine months of car building, starting with a bare chassis and ending with an almost working vehicle. It’s a great look at how much effort goes […]
The Beep-It: An Analog Optical Theremin
As we detailed last year, Michael Una makes analog optical theremins. But where before he built them himself, now he’s taken the next step and looked for help in mass producing them. This past summer I attended the Maker Faire in Detroit and got to talk with Mitch Altman of TV-B-Gone and Trip Glasses fame. […]
B-Movie Purses
Growing up, I was fed a healthy dose of horror b-movies. So when my boyfriend sent me a link to Julia Griffin’s amazing hand-painted b-movie bags, I was sold. Check out her gallery for your favorite film. Via Fashionably Geek
Attack of the Cardboard Robo-Nauts!
Dale Dougherty tweeted this pic of a giant cardboard robo-naut bounding around at the Open MAKE/Young Makers Program at the Exploratorium today. This month’s theme was, you guessed it, cardboard. Next month is metal/wire. The Open MAKE event is held the third Saturday of every month. The next one is March 19, 2011, 10am-2pm. More […]
Mechanical Principles ca. 1930
Ten minutes of mechanical goodness! [Via Tinkernology]
