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All builders, inventors, innovators, hackers, tinkerers, gadgeteers, designers, artists, fabricators, welders, craftspeople, fabric technologists, bricolaurs, engineers, scientists, garden wizards, and more: Come show off your creations at Maker Faire RI.
JouleS THE ROBOT via . Joules exists because designing and making things is fun. Joules came from a challenge to build an electric tandem bicycle powered by actually pushing the pedals like a person. Fun kinetic design was part of the intent, practicality was not. Riding with Joules is a reminder that engineering and craftsmanship […]
Original, beautiful, simple. Easy to remake. From designer Sarah Dayo. She calls it “Glimpse.” Reported dimensions are 77×36″. [via NOTCOT[]
This pea pod pendant from Cathe of Just Something I Made is not only cute, but is brilliantly made from repurposed materials. Head on over to Cathe’s blog to see the unlikely objects she used to create the pendant and learn how you can make one for yourself.
Our intrepid pal Jeri Ellsworth is at it again. Recently, she attended the Extreme California, the big arcade and pinball machine meet-up. Always following her own “Did you bring a hack?” ethos, Jeri whipped together this awesome, jumbo joystick, using parts from a plastic dome lamp, PVC pipe, some other home store parts, and lots […]
It’s Sunday night, and I have a serious craving for sweets. So right now, I can’t think of anything more beautiful than these s’mores from Urban Baker. She posts this gooey perfection that features her handmade marshmallows and handmade graham crackers. Note to self: Get a brulee torch!!
Impressive collection of cargo bikes. Alan writes – …a report from the edges of human-powered conveyance, where pedal pushers are hauling car- and pickup-worthy loads on cargo bikes and trikes. The ingenuity evident across the Northwest and the world in finding practical, nonmotorized solutions to the daily challenges of urban mobility is heartening, even inspiring. […]
