Printable Robotic Hand
Version three of Thingiverse user armjunkie’s Robotic Hand improves over the original with fewer non-printable parts, less plastic to print, less sanding, and requires less pull force to move.
Month: January 2012
Chinese Soldier Portrait Made From Toy Soldiers Made In China
Joe Black made this striking portrait of a Chinese soldier from individually painted toy soldiers that were made in China. [via buzzfeed] More: Army Guy Bowl
MAKE Flickr Pool Holiday Roundup
It’s been two weeks since we last visited the MAKE Flickr pool, and the long break (together with a lot of free time for a lot of clever, creative people with a lot of great new toys) has left it fairly bursting with great shots—even moreso than usual, which is hard enough to do justice in just seven selections. As usual, I’m going to try to hit some of the best project photography in standalone posts during the week, so if you’re disappointed to see your fantastic Flickr submissions missing from those gathered below, please bear with me and stay tuned. And thanks, as always, for sending ’em along.
How-To: Envelope Clutch
Antoinette of Clever Girl kicks off the new year with a new pattern for a stylish and functional envelope clutch. The pattern for the Norma Clutch (named for a friend who loved the bag) is available over on her blog with a simple how-to.
Luminch One Offers Lumens by the Inch
I really dig Luminch One, an excellent Make: Project by Francisco Castro:
Luminch One is an interactive lamp controlled by the movements of your hand. Wave your hand over it to turn it on or off, or move your hand up or down above it to change its brightness. Inside the lamp, an Arduino hooked to an infrared distance sensor tracks your hand and sets the state and the brightness of the LED lamp.
Open MAKE in 2012
Start 2012 by crossing your “Ts” with the Exploratorium’s Tinkering Studio. Twenty Twelve begins with four tantalizing T-themes for the Tinkering Studio’s series of Open MAKE events. The first “T,” on Saturday, January 21, is Toys, and will include a visit from Lego sculptor Nathan Sawaya
Best of MAKE: Most Popular Posts of 2011
The robo-spiders have returned from their final 2011 traverse of the webway, the cogitators have done their crunching, and independent accounting droids have rubber stamped the numbers. Here are the top ten most popular posts on Makezine for 2011.