The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the industrial arts from metal and woodworking to CNC machining and 3D printing.
Lots of people like the stuff Guy Kawasaki writes and he’s just reviewed our pals @ TechShop! – One of the challenges that geeks, inventors, hobbyists, hackers, burners, and artists who are trying to change the world face is finding a place to do their work. Ideally, it would have lots of equipment, supplies, and […]
David sent around this book Wholly Irresponsible Experiments to our team, I haven’t heard of this book (has anyone else?) – Here’s a review of it by Ian @ the Fortean Times – Science can be looked at in two ways, I suppose: as a selfÂless quest for knowÂledge in the servÂice of human proÂgress; […]
MAKE pal I-Wei Huang has fallen big-time for mini-humanoid robots. We can only hope he won’t give up his steam obsession in the process. For ROBOTS-DREAMS, I-Wei has written an in-depth review of the A-621 GENEX Suit kit, a Polycarbonate skin/”body armor” for the Kondo KHR-2HV. Ever the kit basher, I-Wei added LED eyes to […]
Making the antiques of the future at Black Dog Forge.
Neil Gershenfeld of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms has written Fab, a book that describes the possibilities that home fabrication machines will create, and how people today are using fabrication labs that the Center created.
Windell of Evil Mad Scientist Labs got a copy of the new No Starch Press title “Forbidden LEGO.” He explains the idea behind the book: Forbidden Lego is written by a pair of Lego master builders, who used to work in designing advanced Lego sets (e.g., Mindstorms). While they obviously got to work on lots […]
I SO wanted the Stanley FUBAR Xtreme, until I saw the price. Forty bones for a glorified pry bar with a weight problem. Apparently, Will O’Brien (of Hack A Day and DIY Life) had similar sticker shock. But he ponied up and began terrorizing the walls of his new home. He’s happy with his shinny […]
