Korehira Watanabe, Sword Maker 08/14/2012 Korehira Watanabe is one of the last remaining Japanese swordsmiths. He has spent 40 years honing his craft in an...
DVD Dead Drop 08/13/2012 For this new commissioned work, artist Aram Bartholl (Berlin, b. 1972) will embed an inconspicuous, slot-loading DVD burner into the...
Lego Continuously Variable Transmission 08/10/2012 Lego hacker Nico71, whose mechanical loom we posted earlier, built this great CVT: Based on modified version of Zblj’s Transmission....
Stoney, a Jewish Mourning Robot 08/09/2012 This grave-maintaining robot was conceptualized by Itamar Shimshony and built by Zvika Markfeld: As per Jewish customs, it places stones...
Water Light Graffiti 08/09/2012 For a few weeks, Antonin Fourneau has been working on the Water Light Graffiti project: a wall made of LED...
Lego Mindstorms ROV 08/08/2012 This clever Lego ROV uses Power Functions motors left exposed to the water, sealed batteries, a Xbox controller, and Dexter...
Stone Spray 3D Printer 08/08/2012 Stone Spray is a revolutionary construction method which uses soil as the base material and a liquid binder to solidify...
Hydro Priming Seeds with Cheetos 08/07/2012 Brian Rawlings wrote in to share an experiment he’s working on with his 9-year-old daughter and 6-year-old son: using Cheetos...
Mindstorms Curiosity Rover 08/07/2012 Doug Moran and I (Will Gorman) built a LEGO MINDSTORMS model of the Mars Curiosity Rover for the Build the...
