Made On Earth — Insect Inside
Garnet Hertz will never want or need to debug his mobile robot, because it’s controlled by a live cockroach.
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Craft & Design
From traditional crafts to modern crafts, we’re covering news and interesting projects to educate you and keep you inspired. Design trends and pop culture related projects are here to inspire.
The Open Source Car: A Design Brief
The time is right for a true people’s hybrid vehicle. The web is peppered with how-to sites for converting your old car into an electric vehicle, but why not develop SourceForge-style documentation for an open source hybrid?
Continue ReadingMade On Earth — White Light / White Heat
One of nine temporary installations commissioned for the 2004 Olympics, “White Noise/White Light” is a hi-tech re-visioning of agrarian bliss.
Continue ReadingMade On Earth — Touch and Go with Sketch-A-Move
If you’ve ever watched a child play with a pinstriped, pint-sized Hot Wheels racer, you may have wondered if the toy car was following some secret, virtual map in that child’s mind. Sketch-a-Move not only proves that the answer is yes, it brings those invisible maps to life.
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Q&A — Taking the “Video” Out of Video Game
Most people program video games. Niklas Roy built one, literally. The 30-year-old from Berlin, Germany constructed a fully mechanized facsimile of one of the grand-daddies of video games, Pong.
Continue ReadingMade On Earth — Difference Engine Built From Meccano Parts
Some 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 ReadingMade On Earth — Beer Blanket
Three 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.
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