Mindstorms shirt folding robot
Clever, verrry clever. But can it fold a fitted sheet? [Via The NXTStep]
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
How-To: Mini MacBook For a Kid
This project from Abbey of Aesthetic Outburst is fun if you have a kiddo who wants a laptop of their own but isn’t quite ready for the real deal. Using recycled materials, duct tape and fun stickers, she created a mini MacBook for her son. [via Ohdeedoh]
So that’s an Aluminum Falcon…
Made from cardboard, styrofoam, and aluminum tape. Another eBay listing by the same chappy who brought us that duct tape AT-AT. [via Boing bada Boing]
Felted Raviolis
I like the simplicity of these felted raviolis, with their pinking shear-cut edges. This crafter also has a tutorial for felted farfalle pasta (bowties). What do you do with a pile of felted pasta? Well, I think they would look great hanging from a mobile in my room.
Brass and wood “pressure door” with iris, handwheel
Chris Schaie just e-mailed me this picture of a recent commission. It’s a custom Nautilus-style submarine door that incorporates Chris’s familiar irising peephole as well as a new multiple bolt mechanism that locks and unlocks by turning the handwheel. Beautiful work, Chris!
World’s largest handheld yo-yo
Our resident yo-yo expert and MAKE engineering intern Eric Chu showed me this video of what claims to be the world’s largest handheld yo-yo, fashioned out of two dog pools and some hardware, by none other than Dr. Yo-Yo. The challenge was finding a place to actually film the throw. What better location than the […]
Mr. Seahorse, Stuffed
Seahorses are so strange! But I like them, for many reasons. Lia at Lia’s Crafty Journey (Jakarta, Indonesia) made this fantastic stuffed seahorse. She has a tutorial up in Google Docs. I don’t sew all that often, but I might try this because it makes me so happy!