Are your sneakers in need of some much-needed love? I can tell you that my beloved collection of Converse Chuck Taylors sure do! You can make your own shoelaces based on favorite colors, patterns, and even fabrics thanks in part to one sewing staple – a bias tape maker. If you’ve never made your own […]
In my previous article Jan Malasek from Pololu had some really interesting statements on intellectual property, so in addition to wanting to know more, I thought I’d see if Jan was up for an interview with MAKE about Pololu. I’ve been covering a lot of open-source hardware companies, almost exclusively, so I wanted to make […]
The GE Garages have rolled on to Houston’s Rice University campus, offering hands-on experience with laser cutters, 3D printers, and more. There are also workshops ranging from soldering to working with Autodesk software, scheduled over the next week and a half. GE Garages is a high-tech, hands-on lab celebrating inventors and entrepreneurs, and providing you the […]
Reddit user BillyAppletini posted about this amazing CAT-AT (and AT-AT Walker cat house) that he made for a friend. His comment thread has a lot of fun information about the building process, and his image gallery contains pictures of the project in-progress. I – I mean my cat – desperately needs one of these … […]
“Movement is Everything” shows the CNCing of a Boehm Stirling engine. Nicely done and totally turns the creation of these beautiful devices into an art unto itself. [via FrankieBit]
Photographer Gustavo Sanabria has a lovely series of photos that provide a peek into Bangkok, Thailand’s industrial Talat Noi neighborhood.
French design group Murmure made this set of concrete business cards. They’re memorable, but I’m not sure I’d like to squeeze even one into my wallet. From a design perspective, Murmure notes the clean look of the typography, set against the roughness of the material used.
