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We’ve covered Abraham Neddermann recently, this guy is obsessed with gaming dice. That’s a plus in my book, and the fact that he’s a true maker as well can only add points. He runs a store on Ebay selling his creations, and my favorite are his handmade electronic symbol dice inlaid in brass. In case […]
Thingiverse user tshannon was inspired by the cover of Douglas Hofstadter’s famous book Gรยถdel, Escher, Bach (Wikipedia) to create this one-piece letter-block that casts the shadows in the shape of the letters M, I, and T when illuminated along all three perpendicular axes.
Laurens Valk shares how to make a Lego Segway using a standard NXT set plus a HiTechnic gyro sensor. One of the most notable features of the robot is that it packs NXT-G, the unadmired “default” programming language driving the NXT microcontroller brick. Up until now, all Lego Segways used one of the high-octane alternatives […]
By way of Paul Overton and DudeCraft comes this oldie but goodie, a simple but natty cycling cap you can sew yourself. Panda Face’s Cycling Cap
This excellent chess set definitely wins points for beauty. My dad taught me how to make, create, design, build, program, and solder from a young age. This year I finally remembered that parents don’t like their children to buy them expensive things, they like their children to build them things. And you could end up […]
Right now I am sore and cranky. Brookelynn + Sore + Cranky = Horrible Whining. I am currently whining for someone to make me this adorably soothing stuffed animal neck pillow. It’s an easy recycling project with just the right ammount of easy sewing. I think it would fix everything!
I’ve been following Barcelona maker Abraham Neddermann’s Dicecreator blog for a while. True to the blog’s name, he dabbles in creating his own tabletop gaming dice, machining them out of aluminum or printing on blank dice. This time he’s outdone himself, building a laser engraver out of junk parks, a couple of stepper motor control […]
