Lego Mindstorms NXT Beer Machine
NXT1engineer‘s remote controlled Beer Machine twists off bottle caps and trundles the beer into a mini cooling unit, which chills the brewski to -9 degrees C. [via The NXT Step]
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How-To: Wooden Floor Mat
Brighten up your doorstep for spring with this colorful wooden floor mat tutorial from Lowe’s Creative Ideas! It’s a great beginner woodworking project with tons of tips and tricks to help you get great results with basic tools. Ready to get started? Click through the link to see the complete instructions. More: Project: Wooden Salt […]
Nanometer Scale 3D Printer
Researchers Jan Torgersen and Peter Gruber at Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna) have successfully printed intricately detailed models of various objects at the nanometer scale using a process called “two-photon lithography”. In the process, they also managed to speed things up a bit and have gone from printing in millimeters per second to meters […]
People Powered Ferris Wheel
If you’ve ever been to Maker Faire, you’re probably familiar with all the wonderful pedal-powered carnival rides that appear throughout the event. Here’s a video demonstration of a small Ferris wheel powered by just two riders.
Make: Talk 008 – Kyle Machulis, Kinect Hacker
Our maker this week is Kyle Machulis, a hardware and software hacker who led the team in making the reverse engineer drivers for the Microsoft Kinect. Kyle is also an avid self-tracker, which means he uses technology to measure different aspects of his health and biology.
Badgermin = A Stuffed Badger Slash Theremin
What a great start to the year – this brand new instrument was finished just in time for a New Year’s Eve party in the beautiful Dorset countryside. A selection of talented musicians, none of whom had played a Badgermin before, treated us to a debut performance in the early hours of January 1st, with […]
Clenching Lego Hand
Check out this cool Lego Terminator hand that Jason Devine and his sons built, complete with strings that curl the fingers. See the Flickr set for more views and a video of the hand in action.