Hand-carved skateboards 02/19/2010 Doug McKee of Bellingham, WA carves skateboards that look like birds, insects, and sea creatures. The process of carving a...
DIY yurt made out of trash 02/17/2010 Niki Raapana designed a DIY shelter called a Gertee. Gertees are round houses made of sticks and poles tied together...
Relief: 3D interactive maps 02/17/2010 Called a “scalable actuated shape display”, this project by Daniel Leithinger, Adam Kumpf, and Hiroshi Ishii of MIT’s Tangible Media...
EMSL’s Drink Making Unit 02/17/2010 One problem with the cocktail robot genre is — at least until recently — everyone’s trying to make money off...
Grant Hutchinson’s workshop slash server room 02/16/2010 I’m a big fan of workshops, the messier the better, and this one definitely fits the bill. I especially love...
Printing in clay 02/16/2010 Unfold Fab announced the first successful printing of a ceramic vessel by a 3D printer. Interestingly, one of the biggest...
TC Maker’s Minne-Faire a success 02/16/2010 Despite only a few weeks in the planning, TC Maker‘s faire featured 16 exhibitors and attracted more than 500 visitors...
Is homemade bioplastic viable fodder for 3D printers? 02/15/2010 We recently posted a video showing how to make “bioplastic” — an easily manageable substance made with vinegar, glycerine, starch,...
Lego Segway needs only NXT 2.0 parts 02/14/2010 This isn’t the first Lego Segway (defined as a balancing bot on two wheels) — that honor would probably go...
NYCR hackathon video 02/14/2010 I just love watching the inspired tinkerings of sleep-deprived Club-Mate-swilling hackers. Readers, have you participated in an all-night hackstravaganza? Was...