Year: 2013

If you’re anything like me, then you like a mug with character, so I heartily approve of this quirky Viking beer mug made using only a hatchet and a knife by Instructables user bricobart.

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Add a touch of gold to your home decor with a lovely gold leaf lampshade tutorial by Megan at One King’s Lane, via Design Sponge.

Wildlife conservation in South Africa encompasses two main realms, the government-run national parks service and private game reserves. Both require strong counter poaching programs to protect their animals but only government-owned parks can legally fly UAVs without special exception. To investigate the difference, we ventured nearly 1500km south from Kruger to the Amakhala Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape. Similar to the U.S.’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), South Africa’s Civil Air Authority (CAA) has yet to produce the UAV regulations private game reserve owners need to legally fly UAVs for counter poaching. Like the U.S., the CAA says they will begin integrating UAVs into civil aviation by 2015. Owners are delaying investment in UAV technology as a result.

You meet all kinds of interesting people at Maker Faire. One of my highlights from World Maker Faire New York was hearing Dr. Adventure hold a standing room-only crowd enthralled as he discussed new frontiers in prosthetics and human enhancements. Will super powers be available to mere mortals? Dr. Adventure says they already are and more are on the way.

Filament is pricey — make your own and save with these extruding bots.