As a confirmed cat lady, I’d recognize this satisfied look anywhere. This is definitely the face of a kitty who has just gotten a mouse, and will be sharing it with you at the earliest possible convenience. Craftster user Kitiza crocheted this cute cat-shaped cozy for her mouse, and was nice enough to share the […]
This great-looking Stirling Engine Kit, from the Maker Shed, is as majestic as a piece of art and it’ll help you understand the basics of thermodynamics. Unlike internal combustion engines, Stirling engines run on an external heat source, which can be anything from combustible fuels to geothermal or solar energy! You can try 3 different experiments: the generator, the fan, and the car.
Kelly Cheatle of Crafty B creates these microscopic crochet amigurumi, and will have them on display this weekend at the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York. I’m trying to wrap my brain around how she is able to do this. Yes, that’s a tiny crochet Yoda … on a penny. Amazing.
I got my hands on a Kinect a while back (thanks to Ashley Burns of Waggener Edstrom for sending me one to mess around with), and I’ve been itching to scan something and print it on my MakerBot Thing-O-Matic. I got as far as scanning things with Kyle McDonald’s KinectToStl, but as I have no skills with 3d modeling software, I had no clue how to turn it into something printable. I tried printing some of the STL files I got out of that tool, but they were way too complex. With some open source software, a few simple steps, and an occasional not-so-simple-step here and there, you can print what your Kinect can see.
MIT student Jed Storey built this skateboard, including home-made hub motors on every wheel. It is steered with a pistol-grip RC controller. [Thanks, Shane]
Photo by eyebeam Eyebeam recently hosted the Art Hack Weekend, which was described as, “a 2-day design and prototype party with 50 makers in attendance.” DisKinect, one of the winning projects, is a plush puppet that is “controlled simply by a person’s movements.” Users make movements in front of a Kinect system that then move […]
Interesting off-beat find via kris de kecker’s “No Tech Magazine,” which today linked to WIKI-style and PDF versions of Klaus Grasser and Gernot Minke’s 1990 book “Building With Pumice.” Turns out pumice, a foamy igneous rock, often tan in color and generally known for its ability to float in water…
