Holiday Gift Guide 2012: The Bots of Maker Shed
Check out our fine selection of robots and robot accessories in the Maker Shed.
Check out our fine selection of robots and robot accessories in the Maker Shed.
This full-size Ironman was made by Yihung Kuo. It’s made almost entirely from cardboard and Makedo building fasteners. The idea of making an Ironman came from my 3 kids… I wanted to make them a toy suit for role-play and Halloween, but ended up making a model my own size. In any case, they had fun […]
Anika‘s clever Mindstorms robot scans colors on the bottom of an LP. Matthias Paul Scholz of the NXT Step Blog helped with the software. [via The NXT Step]
Twosheep posted this amazing DNA helix scarf made from a pattern by June Oshiro.
Phil mentioned Ireland’s Mcor Technologies when they premiered on Gizmodo back in 2008. Their monochrome Matrix 300+ printer builds models by laminating regular copy/printer paper using controlled application of adhesive and 2D-mechanical cutting on each layer. Now, Mcor is at work on Iris, a prototype design that implements a full-color version of their process, presumably adding a color printing step, of some sort, on each sheet of paper. Check the video below to see some early results.
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Etsy user Nguyen Le created this clever knitted power cord, which she suggests could be useful for a number of things.