How-To: Industrial Pendant Light
Give a worn out lampshade with a traditional wire frame a new lease on life with this industrial pendant light DIY!
Month: April 2013
Introducing the FuzzBot
Twelve-year-old Maker Quin already has a company of his own–Qtechknow. He founded a hackerspace in his garage on California’s Central Coast. He helps teach Arduino classes for kids and adults. And he developed the “gas cap” a baseball hat that detects human methane emissions. (What 12-year-old woulnd’t want that?) And now he’s created the FuzzBot, a cool little robot that not only turns on a dime to avoid obstacles, it helps his mom out by dragging a dust cloth as it makes its rounds.
How-To: Farmer’s Market Carpet Bag
Make a rugged yet stylish carry-all with this farmer’s market carpet bag tutorial!
Upcycling the Things That You Find
What would your reaction be to moving into an apartment and finding an old broken IKEA lamp? Normally you’d throw it out, but not if you’re Industrial Designer Samuel Bernier. Instead he designed and 3D printed a series of intricate lampshades.
Sculptures From Clothes Inside Clothes
Artist Britt Ragsdale created this intriguing sculptural installation called Casualties in Form from just clothing layered on top of more clothing.
Frank Catalfumo: Making Shoes for Nearly 70 Years
New York-based filmmaker and photographer Dustin Cohen recently shared a beautifully made short video profile and photo essay about classic shoemaker Frank Catalfumo. Now 91 years old, Frank has been making and repairing shoes in his Brooklyn shop, F&C Shoes, since 1945. He still goes to work five days a week, working alongside his son […]
Robot Puppet Party at Maker Faire
The Hello World Program would like to invite you to a Robot Puppet Party at the Maker Faire Bay Area next month. Hello World has been running for about a year, building a library of video tutorials on a variety of open source tech topics, narrated by handmade puppets. Guido the Python teaches the Python programming language, of course, while the robot Unique ID discusses robotics, circuitry and the basics of object-oriented programming. Currently under construction is a new fox puppet who will be in charge of HTML tutorials.