Toys, Tricks, & Teasers — The Chinese South-Pointing Chariot
Many ingenious mechanisms are devised with no “practical” purpose in mind.
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CRAFT HQ this week!
A whole bunch of us at Maker Media have convened at our headquarters in Sebastopol, CA (O’Reilly Media) for a week of meetings and fun including CRAFT, Maker Faire, and a whole lot more. Check out my Flickr set for photos of the office and Maker Shed warehouse! Pictured above are Natalie and me, on […]
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How-To: Set Drywall Anchors
What do you want to hang on the wall? Is it a shelf? A photo? Do you have a neat magnetic organizer that needs to go up? Or just a hook for hanging your towels? No matter what you need to mount to the wall, it’s always best to do the job right, and there’s […]
MAKE staff at HQ this week!
This week a bunch of us are visiting MAKE HQ in Sebastopol, CA for exciting meetings and planning. Many of us work remotely, so visiting the physical office is a big treat! I’ve been taking a bunch of pictures so you can get a sneak peek behind the scenes at MAKE/CRAFT, I even went into […]
Alt.CES – EyeClops digital optics toys
The Jakks Pacific EyeClops brand made waves back around the 2007 holiday season with their super magnifying camera toy, which set a successful design strategy they’ve since followed up on with their Night Vision 2.0 and PROJECTOR NAME toys: Take a professional piece of digital optics and make a functional $50 toy version.
I bought both their active night vision and video projector toys for my nephews this last Xmas. The older of the two, Michael, agreed to review them for us:
Awesome Mindstorms tank video
The model itself is extremely sophisticated. It packs, among its other components, a HiTechnic gyro sensor, presumably to help it stay vertical, Segwaylike. As an added bonus, the video itself is very slick and engaging. Both are the work of Greek Lego fan NeXTSTORM. [via TheNXTStep]