3D printing overhangs with support structures 10/13/2010 Rick Pollack of Shaker Heights, OH, printed this cat design with the help of support structures that are printed along...
The Conversacube helps nerds be social 10/12/2010 Don’t know the right thing to say? Stumbling over words? Do away with uncomfortable conversation. Conversacube is a conversation aid...
Chumby-headed bipedal walker 10/12/2010 Eric Gregori‘s clever robot uses a 3-axis Freescale accelerometer to balance. [Via bunnie’s blog]
DIY Haunts: Now accepting submissions! 10/11/2010 If you’re participating in this year’s Halloween contest, and ready to submit your creation, now’s the time! We’ve created a...
Mini coilgun 10/11/2010 UK maker Nick Thatcher’s pistol-sized coilgun is a mere 15cm (5.9″) long and uses 5 caps taken from disposable cameras....
iPad-controlled, pole-mounted drum machines 10/10/2010 Another cool Arduino/XBee project… 18 Darbuka drums and 36 robotic arms are controlled via wireless communication. Drum music is composed...
Halloween contest on Thingiverse 10/10/2010 MakerBot Industries is sponsoring a contest: the coolest 3d-printable design wins a spool of glow-in-the-dark ABS: The temperature is dropping,...
Lego Technic camera dollies 10/09/2010 AFOL Peer Kreuger‘s fascinating Power Functions-enhanced “camera vehicles” are used as mini dollies to record videos of his Lego creations....
Mini-documentary about the desks of creative people 10/09/2010 In this first episode “The Desk,” we talked to experts Alice Twemlow, Eric Abrahamson, Massimo Vignelli, David Miller, Kurt Andersen,...
Mindstorms shirt folding robot 10/08/2010 Clever, verrry clever. But can it fold a fitted sheet? [Via The NXTStep]