MIT student Matthew Keeter designed and built this sweet little portable music player for his final project in Neil Gershenfeld’s famous How to Make (almost) Anything class. The case, a union of three octagonal prisms, is laser-cut from 5.2mm plywood, and features a five-“button” capacitive touch-sensing control panel. The music is stored on an SD card, loaded in the back of the player. The PCB is two-sided, and was cut with a robot PCB mill. All source files are provided.
These knitted mushroom wrist warmers from Adrian at Hello Yarn definitely speak to my inner funky forest sprite! Ready to get your colorwork on? Head over to the site to download the free pattern. [Via Pinterest]
I have to admit I’m not a World of Warcraft player, but even without much background in WoW characters, I can still appreciate the awesomeness of this cake from The Domestic Scientist. She created the Deathwing cake as a congratulatory treat for her fellow guild members. See more pictures (including the “kill” of the beast) […]
Version three of Thingiverse user armjunkie’s Robotic Hand improves over the original with fewer non-printable parts, less plastic to print, less sanding, and requires less pull force to move.
Joe Black made this striking portrait of a Chinese soldier from individually painted toy soldiers that were made in China. [via buzzfeed] More: Army Guy Bowl
It’s been two weeks since we last visited the MAKE Flickr pool, and the long break (together with a lot of free time for a lot of clever, creative people with a lot of great new toys) has left it fairly bursting with great shots—even moreso than usual, which is hard enough to do justice in just seven selections. As usual, I’m going to try to hit some of the best project photography in standalone posts during the week, so if you’re disappointed to see your fantastic Flickr submissions missing from those gathered below, please bear with me and stay tuned. And thanks, as always, for sending ’em along.
Antoinette of Clever Girl kicks off the new year with a new pattern for a stylish and functional envelope clutch. The pattern for the Norma Clutch (named for a friend who loved the bag) is available over on her blog with a simple how-to.
