We are Jeroen Waning, Brian Kosoris, Bahati Gitego, and Yuriy Psarev, and this is our senior design project here at Southern Polytechnic State University… (A) Ball-Bot is a robot (fully autonomous) that balances on a ball. In our case, it was a vertical aluminum structure approximately 3′ tall and balanced on a basketball. Our system […]
Sean over at MAKE shared this clever project by Dimitri Tsykalov, in which the artist created a series of unfinished (or unraveling) credit cards made from yarn.
Spotted in the MAKE Flickr Pool, John Biehler’s excellent photo of a tiny prototype fused-filament 3D printer designed and built by Fraser Valley RepRap User Group member “Brad,” aka Sublime. Brad’s posted a detailed description on one of his personal blogs and on the RepRap wiki, but hasn’t published the physibles yet. The “vitamins” ( […]
Sometimes Valentine’s Day feels a little too … soft for me. I’m often left wishing for something with a little edge, but usually when you mention “edge” and “Valentine’s Day” you get raunchy adult humor. That’s not what I’m going for, either. These gorgeous Valentines from Tinplate girl and her father, Marc, hit on the […]
With very little carpentry experience and less than $200, YouTube user luvguns61 created this secret door and safe room in his condo. The door is disguised as a recessed shelf and rolls on the floor with casters, which lets him use less expensive hinges. It even features a two-way mirror so that a person hiding […]
What happens to all those mobile device accessories once the device they accessorized have become landfill? That’s what the folks at Berlin’s weltunit were thinking when they made these laser-cut cardboard device stands. They’re available for both iPad and iPhone form factors and made using recycled cardboard and carbon neutral energy.
We’ve all been there: that awkward stage when your hair is growing out and it’s unruly and annoying and hard to whip in to shape. If you’re looking for an easy and stylish way to wrangle your hair out of your face, check out this tutorial from Alisa Burke. She shares how to turn a […]
