Making Trouble — The Year of Cheap Robots That Make Cheap Robots
I’ve been thinking a lot about CNC machines lately.
Year: 2012
The Rygo, the Largest 3D Print in North America, Has Landed in Vancouver, BC
The unveiling of the Rygo is happening tonight, July 26th, at the VanDusen Botanical Garden in Vancouver, British Columbia from 6:30 till 9:00pm. Weighing 3,600 lbs and standing 2 meters tall, the Rygo is the largest 3D print in North America. More: Help Crowdfund the Rygo: The Largest 3D print in North America
Made on Earth: Achieving Balance
Tired of walking to the supermarket from his dorm, 21-year-old MIT computer science and electrical engineering student Stephan Boyer decided he needed a quicker way to travel.
Made on Earth — Motor Mashup Master
Randy Grubb has one sweet job: working from his Grants Pass, Ore., garage, he builds hot rods. His rides, however, are far from ordinary.
LED Etch-a-Sketch
Christopher Monaco decided that his normal, run-of-the-mill Etch-a-Sketch wasn’t quite cool enough, so he built his own from an array of 256 LEDs. Turning the knobs blaze an illuminated path, and the user can even shake it to erase what he/she has drawn.
Recipe: Olympic Torch Cupcakes
Throwing an Olympic party to kick off London 2012? Don’t forget these Olympic torch cupcakes from Vicky over at Stasty! The lemon cupcakes are baked into a crispy ice cream cone, to resemble a torch. The cupcake is topped with lemon butter icing and adorned with red and orange shards of caramelised sugar. The tangy […]
Making Makers — Not Failure
When I moved to St. Paul there were two things that I was really excited about: my new job as an engineering professor, and the circus school a short distance from my house.
