“Left to his own devices he couldn’t build a toaster. He could just about make a sandwich and that was it.” Mostly Harmless, Douglas Adams, 1992 That was the thought in Thomas Thwaites’ mind as he undertook a 9-month, ยฃ1187.54 project to recreate his own toaster as part of his Master’s degree at the Royal […]
Ivar Theorin is currently making a series of Chinese zodiac masks from cardboard in the Open Studios at the Museum of Arts and Design. Visitors to the open studios have been able to try on the masks the see Ivar at work. A re-occurring question from visitors has been: “Is this the finished work or […]
A full-size turret mill is, of necessity, a heavy, expensive piece of equipment, impractical for most individual owners due to space and/or monetary constraints. For hobby work, however, a so-called “mini mill” can perform very well. The chief limitation of a mini-mill is not so much the quality of the work it can produce, but the size of the work it can handle.
Here are some fun ways to get your geek on for your favorite geeks on your gift list this holiday season. Lego, Doctor Who, tiny diorama with Daleks and Tardis From Etsy user, tinyminds, this crosses over the Lego geek and Doctor Who geek for extra geekery goodness. Pac Man ukulele (paculele) Musical gamer types […]
Kyle Lawson and James Peyer discuss their innovative strategy to get biotechnology into schools and hackerspaces. Their company otyp was formed with the purpose of making equipment and information accessible to anyone who wants to get started with genetic research and experiments.
What a difference a couple of years make. Back in 2009, you had to scrounge together a bunch of lenses and glue them to a jar lid if you wanted a smartphone lens carousel. Nowadays you’ve got options.
One thing I wrestle with in my day-to-day, sometimes literally, is shipping boxes — lots of shipping boxes: boxes of MAKE books and magazines, review books and hardware, and boxes of other cool stuff that shows up on my doorstep. And because I don’t drive and live alone, most of my shopping is on the internet. More boxes. So, my most frequent around-the-office tools are scissors and a box cutter. So, I was very interested when Fiskars offered to send me one of their new ShopBoss snips-based multi-tool.
