This quirky homemade Street Fighter II Rotating Lamp was created by The Homemade Game Guru who explains, “I really love this game, I have great memories from it way back when I was in high school.” It seems to me that a homemade rotating lamp with sound effects is always a great way to preserve a fond memory.
Just in time for Geek Week on YouTube, UK television host Jason Bradbury has launched a channel where they’ll be featuring robot combat videos.
The folks over at HOW TO GET WHAT YOU WANT have devised an amazing knitted sensor using resistive yarn that can detect the movement and angles of the wrist.
This meticulous stop-motion video shows a chair that seemingly self-assembles.
The brilliant inventor Dr. Saul Griffith talks about his work in soft robotics, gives ideas on how to prepare to become an engineer, and explains why he asks job applicants to draw a bicycle, in this Aug. 6, 2013 KQED radio interview. Also, see some of his soft robots in action.
Expecting and new moms will love this DIY stretch mark tutorial by Adina Grigore for Well Rounded NY.
In each episode of DiResta, artist and master builder Jimmy DiResta (Dirty Money, Hammered, Against the Grain, Trash for Cash) lets us into his workshop, to look over his shoulder while he builds whatever strikes his fancy. On this episode of DiResta, Jimmy creates a round table to mount on a cast iron table base he found. Check out his method for cutting a circle.
