Make the Tools That Made You
Flintknappers are making the tools that people have been making since before they were human.
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Continue ReadingWarehouse of wild, weird, and wonderful projects. A profile on the monthly (or thereabouts) meetings of “people doing strange things with electricity” all over the world.
Continue ReadingSome prefer a nuts-and-bolts approach to computing — like Tim Robinson, who built a version of Charles Babbage’s Difference Engine No. 1 entirely out of Meccano parts.
Continue ReadingThree years ago, after a bash at his apartment, Adam Hunnell was stuck trying to figure out what to do with a keg full of warm beer. Not one to cry into his glass, though, the budding inventor drew up plans for a thermoelectric blanket that would keep kegs to a chilly 32 – 35 degrees F.
Continue ReadingOne of the top Lego builders in the world, Jonathan Brown’s most famous creation is 2001’s Cube Solver, the first robot to finish the Rubik’s Cube puzzle.
Continue ReadingA few years ago, Kaden Harris was engraving brass nameplates for a manufacturer of “employee- recognition products.” Now his scaled-down medieval siege weapons bring heart, soul, and serious brains into the otherwise bland genre.
Continue ReadingIf the phrase “Live Steam enthusiasts” conjures up visions of health spa devotees huddled over vapor pools, think again.
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