Eric von Hippel on Lego hackers
Eric von Hippel raps about the Lego Group prospering by embracing hackers. It’s a great lecture on companies tapping into the creativity of their fans, rather than suppressing it. [Via openp2pdesign.org]
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Phone-controlled Lego 8×8 Volvo truck
Our stringer for all things R/C, Francesco Fondi, sent us word of this amazing Lego/ NXT-based Bluetooth and phone-controlled Volvo 8×8 truck: This is a really impressive creation from ATRX, the same AFOL (Adult Fan of Lego) behind the NXT Boat. This Volvo FL12, version 8×8 features all wheel drive, 4-wheel steering, full double wishbone […]
CNC-based “global building system”
MAKE subscriber Pierre Grand (France) has developed a CNC-based building system, sort of a Lego set for real-world applications (desks, chairs, tables, loungers, room dividers, etc.). He’s been working with 100kgarages.com and will be showing off some of his Ekkoflex concept models at both Detroit and NY Maker Faires (at the Shopbot booth). Ekkoflex
Save My Oceans Top Five: Upcycled Corset
The projects submitted to our Save My Oceans contest were innovative and inspirational and were all great examples of the brilliant ways our readers reuse plastics. Each day this week, we’ll highlight one of our top five entries, and we’ll announce the Grand prize winner next Monday. Be sure to check out the entire Save […]
Ham radio party at NYC Resistor this Saturday
Whoo! In celebration of ARRL Field Day this weekend, NYC Resistor is having a ham radio party on Saturday! MAKE’s thrown in some awesome door prizes: 3 copies of Make: Electronics, 3 copies of Getting Started With Arduino, 3 copies of MAKE Volume 22, and 1 Make: Components Pack 1. ARRL Field Day is June […]
How-To: T-Shirt Panties
Haley Pierson-Cox upcycled an old t-shirt into a comfy pair of panties in a tutorial on her site, the Zen of Making. I recently rescued a whole stack of my husband’s old t-shirts from certain death in the trashcan. There were a few small holes in all of them, but the vast majority of the […]
Raven 1, drone 0
Found on DIY Drones, this excellent video shows the dangers of sending your drone into a bird’s turf!