MAKE Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
This week in the MAKE Flickr pool we saw…
Month: March 2013
CRAFT Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
Need some crafty inspiration? Here are some of the cool things we saw in the CRAFT Flickr Pool this week!
Making a Bike Out of Car Parts
There is a kernel of a really cool idea in the Carma Project, sponsored by ad firm Leo Burnett Lisbon. They made a bike with as many reclaimed car parts as possible, and it looks kinda sweet! That said, I really would have preferred that it had been made out of 100% car parts, even […]
Magical vs. Hackable
I meet more and more folks in education that are contemplating swapping out laptops with complete operating systems like Linux, Max OSX, or Windows in favor of tablets (or most recently the advent of Chromebooks). I’m in favor of more complete systems because, while not being sufficient conditions for creating the next generations of inventors, engineers, and makers, it certainly is necessary to do so.
Ikea Cabinets Transformed Into Lego Storage
Martin Storbeck of Böblingen, Germany, noticed that Ikea’s Bestå cabinet doors looked an awful lot like Lego bricks, so why not decorate them as such to hold his collection of actual Legos? Martin created a slideshow showing how he made the doors — spoiler: with coasters as the Lego studs. [via Ikea Hackers]
Tips for Faster Knitting
Supercharge your weekend yarn crafting with these helpful tips for speeding up your knitting!
Lego Technic Strandbeest
Singapore Lego builder Lee Ping Ng’s strandbeest scuttles very lobsterlike. And it has personality as well!
