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Sean Michael Ragan
I am descended from 5,000 generations of tool-using primates. Also, I went to college and stuff. I am a long-time contributor to MAKE magazine and makezine.com. My work has also appeared in ReadyMade, c't – Magazin für Computertechnik, and The Wall Street Journal.
Latest from Sean Michael Ragan
07/25/2009
Instructables user mountainmanna has noticed that used mini-blinds are perfect for re-purposing as plant markers. They’re lightweight, rustproof, designed to...
07/25/2009
If lemonie’s Lego microtome is too involved for you, here’s a way simpler design for a simple hand microtome made...
07/25/2009
A microtome is a laboratory machine normally used to slice extremely thin samples of soft specimens for optical microscopy. If...
07/18/2009
Rex Research is a great site, chock-full of info about wacky inventions that never made it, including a bunch of...
07/18/2009
I’m really digging the collection of user-submitted articles on primitive technology over at PrimitiveWays. So far, one of my favorites...
07/18/2009
I really heart coiled cords. I think coiling is a very elegant way of dealing with the problem of unsightly...
07/18/2009
This video from the awesome British toy store Grand Illusions demonstrates a cool collapsing mechanism, which involves only paper and...
07/18/2009
Back in 2007, Mark hit on Don Wilkes’ 1960s invention (U.S. patent #3,452,175) of the so-called “rolamite”over at boing-boing, quoting...
07/18/2009
False-color shadowgram of gunshot from a .357 magnum by Gary Settles at Penn State university. The New York Times has...
07/18/2009
A buddy of mine from high school planted this “chia keyboard” as a workplace prank. Says Warren, This took me...
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