Love this Al Jazeera piece (on their Stream blog) about making. They interview MakerBot CEO Bre Pettis on the show, and the article hits everything from 3D printing to hackerspaces to the Global Village Construction Set to Joey Hudy‘s marshmallow cannon. Check it out! Rise of the Maker Movement
It’s a beautiful day in Brooklyn, so it almost feels wrong to post these fantastic zippered hand warmers from the Whit’s Knits column on The Purl Bee. But, even though the sun is shining, there’s still a little nip in the air, especially in the morning. I think the gray mitts with the orange zippers […]
On January 5, 2012, Raul Oaida posted the following update to his blog: “On the 31st of December I launched the Black Sky project payload with two HD cameras. I recovered the rig ~240km awaydownrange (320km on the highway) in excellent condition from a hill in a remote area.” About a month later, he posted the embedded video to YouTube. The entry on his blog from that date kinda says it all: “This was all done by me.”
I have to admit, I keep boxes of Tic Tacs and Altoids stashed everywhere – my car, my desk drawer and my purse. When they are empty, I have a hard time tossing them (even if it’s in to the recycling bin) and feel like there has to be some better way to reuse them. […]
There exists off-the-shelf alternatives to this swiss army knife USB flash drive mod from Instructables user de_weidinger, yet besides being a full-sized variant, I seem to prefer the design of this custom mod over what you find in the store.
Pedal metal thunder! It’s Pedal Car Figure 8 Racing, coming to this year’s Maker Faire Bay Area in May.
Want to get around on two wheels with a little more then pedal power? This Russian innovator has a method of using a chainsaw for some extra horsepower. Safety aside, what could go wrong?
