The unusual design of the Codd-neck bottle achieves a seal using pressure from the soda gas to press a glass marble up against a rubber washer directly under the lip of the opening (the bottles are filled upside down).
This installation by Italian lighting design firm Luminarie De Cagna was on display in Belfortstraat, Ghent, Belgium, from January 26 to January 29, as part of their 2012 Festival of Lights, where it reportedly stole the show. One can see how it might. The festival site refers to the work as “Cagna Illuminations,” but that […]
This week’s flashback project goes along with our DIY Wedding theme for March. This t-shirt wedding dress from Donna and Lauren Kroiz was a perfect way to create a simple, comfortable and casual wedding dress from inexpensive materials. It’s great for beach or backyard weddings, and for brides who are looking to create a dress […]
I’m very excited to watch Unchained Reaction (video in this link) when it comes out. It’s a show, produced by Jamie and Adam of the Mythbusters, that pits teams against each other in a battle of Rube Goldberg machines! Woot! It sounds like L.A. hackerspace CRASH Space contributed teams to the show. The debut is […]
We all love to check out organized craft studios, dreaming of how we’ll customize our own—as soon as we find the time and extra cash. Well, in less time than it takes to untangle a stash box, you can add a pegboard to your workspace! I know what you’re thinking: Isn’t pegboard reserved for use […]
I can identify with Stacie of Stars for Streetlights t-shirt hoarding problem. My own t-shirt collection was the inspiration for my t-shirt scarf a few years ago. Her mom made an epic blanket out of much of Stacie’s t-shirt collection, and now Stacie breaks down how to make one for yourself. I love that she […]
A group of UPenn Engineering students have taken several quadrotors and turned them into robotic musicians. We’ve seen the great swarming abilities of these machines recently, but now using various instruments and noisemakers, these aerial drones manage to plunk out a fairly convincing version of the “James Bond” theme.
