Mike Dixon

Made in Japan – Volume 21

06/29/2008

This week: Ball joint doll heads, “Plastitch” Models, Vocaloid Meets Generative Composition, Human-made Spider Web, Rice Paddy Art in Yamagata,...

06/22/2008

This week: Cological Contraption Set, AeroSpider – Wall Walking RC Car, Meta-Ultraman: Ultraman Made Out of Smaller Ultramen, OLLO DIY...

06/15/2008

This week: Ferris Wheel-Style Takoyaki Machine, Conductive Slime? – Sickly Dog Slime Game, Osaka Fire Dept.’s DIY’d Hydrogen Sulfide Removal...

06/09/2008

This week: Remaking Wooden Toys With Electronics (And Wood), Hair Hats by Nagi Noda, The Death/Return of the Print Gocco,...

06/02/2008

This week: A Capacitor-Powered Fast-Charge Mini Car, Strawberry Skin Oshibana, LED Dome Light Hack, Robot Face Rapid Sequence Camera, Coming...

05/26/2008

This week: Miyazaki Modelers, the Wooden Supercar, Tatamet Folding Helmets, the Baby Elephant Copter, the MC Escher Stair Walking Jig,...

05/19/2008

This week: The World’s Smallest Co-Axial Helicopter, Black Leather Keyboard, iPhone Location Amp for the Yamanote Train Line, Joule Thief...

05/11/2008

This week: The Point-to-Point Circuit Robot, Soceadth Art Bikes, The Mountain Guitar, Tetris on an Oscilloscope, Plastic Model Fiber Optics,...

05/06/2008

Here’s a video of my visit to the 2008 National Rube Goldberg Machine Contest at Purdue University last month. It...

05/05/2008

This week: DIY Marble Mazes, The Uda Electronic Music Instrument, Maywa Denki’s “Sound is Fun,” The Swimming Robot, A Magnetic...