As you may already know, David Lang, our Zero to Maker columnist, is involved in the OpenROV project, an open source camera-equipped R/C submersible, designed to look for water-burired treasure. They’re taking the ROV prototypes up to Hall City Cave in Northern, CA tomorrow for some preliminary dives. How exciting!
Our pal, Cathe Holden, of Just Something I Made has a new set of printables up for grabs. It’s huge folks, and it’s FREE, courtesy of WorldLabel.com and designed with a vintage flair by yours truly. 14 different label shape designs in 4 different colors for branding your handmade goods!
Lisa from Lil Fish Studios shared this gorgeous needle felted mushroom terrarium project on Lark Crafts. I’m loving the textures and details on the ground—especially the multicolored leaves! More: Needle Felted Pinball Bumper Necklace @Craftzine.com blog Project: Needle Felt A Voodoo Doll Pincushion @Craftzine.com blog Perfect Balls @Craftzine.com blog
This colorful bike rack made from old bike frames was spotted in New York City by a BikeHacks reader. According to him, they were made by a local metal fabricator in Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn. What an excellent way to put scrap frames to good use!
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, of CNN, came to the MAKE HQ in Sebastopol today. He got to meet our team of interns and see our work in Make: Labs. He and I recorded an interview and we did several demos of making in action for the program.
Our pal Bilal Ghalib and Alex Hornstein have embarked on a fun, educational road trip. They’ve packed a Prius with 3D printers, dubbed it the Pocket Factory, and are traveling around the country exposing people to 3D printing and the potential of desktop manufacturing.
We featured the papercraft form for this Space Marine Terminator helmet from MAKE regular Shawn Thorsson in the Flickr pool roundup about a month ago. It was impressive, even then, just as a pepakura model. Seeing how it turned out, covered inside and out with layers of Bondo-based resin, sanded, polished, and skillfully painted, is […]
