Month: January 2014

I love miniatures. And I love bicycles. So you can imagine how enamored I was when I stumbled upon these photos of a bike workshop made in miniature.

Open-source Shenzhen startup uFactory (we mentioned their ball-balancing robot recently) has announced a new crowdfunding campaign for uArm, a robotic arm that’s small enough to fit on your desk.

Last month, Louisville’s LVL1 hackerspace held an experimental drone combat event, QUACC: Quadrotor Ultimate Aerial Combat Competition. Participants using el-cheapo Syma X1 quadrotors to even the playing field, and hung ribbons from the chassis to give the contestants something to aim for.

Artist Chris Motely knits amazing wearable artworks with a Seussian feel, like this lovely piece called The Hugging Scarf.

Researchers at the University of Cambridge were able to print cells from an adult animal’s central nervous system, forming layers of two types of cells taken from the retinas of rats.

Tired of being cooped up, peering out through frosted-over windows at an arctic tundra landscape? Why not whip out some old luggage and whip up a lush picnic lunch with The Green Space Travel Case tutorial shared by Paige Russell a few years ago?