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Now that Santa has come and gone, get a jump on your New Year’s organization—and keep all of those tiny new pieces in one place—with these clear toy storage bags from Ashley at Make It and Love It! With drawstring tops that are easy for little hands to use and a clear pouch so you […]
We’re dying to hear what some cool and interesting makery our readers got for presents. Erik Utter’s lucky 2 1/2 year old got this awesome Pluginator 5000, switch, patch, and plug box, built by dad.
[Ryan Kelly and two of his business partners] created this insanely great Portal-themed Christmas Tree that presents the illusion of a tree being shoved through one of the interdimensional portals in the kick ass Valve game.
We hope you and your are having a fantastic holiday in whatever tradition you celebrate. Speaking of tradition, last year we posed this depression-era Fleischer brothers cartoon, “Christmas Comes But Once a Year.” It got such a positive response, I think we’ll make it a tradition. It so delightful, inventive, and a perfect holiday message the maker spirit.
Congratulations to Lego hacker sren2000 for this brilliant loom. I’m building some Mindstorms robots right now and sren2000’s work blows me away with its sophistication. [Thanks to Shep at Tinkernology for linking to sren2000’s Lego pen plotter, which is also great!]
While on a trip to Mendoza, Argentina, I came across a man sharpening scissors using a bicycle to power his grinding wheel. It’s a clever lo-tech combination.
Dr. John Conway’s cellular automation simulation, the Game of Life has been accentuated with some 8-bit beeps and boops! This project, uploaded by YouTube user golece576, was run on an Altera Cyclone II FPGA. [Via Embedded Ppojects
