Knit Ties Patterns From Lion Brand Yarn
Our friends at Lion Brand Yarn have a couple of new patterns out that are perfect for Father’s Day. This bias knit tie and vertical stripe tie aren’t just hip, they are easy to whip up for your guy. Love ’em!
Month: June 2011
NXT Robotic Arm Owes Inspiration to Festo
Inspired by a Festo robot, NXT fan DiMastero built this robotic arm with a variety of Mindstorms servos, touch sensors, and even a pneumatic actuator. Also, good call on the Daft Punk. [Via Tinkernology] More: Make: Online | Festo iFab in action Make: Online | Festo CyberKite Make: Online | Festo AirJelly – robot jellyfish […]
The Ultimate Hot Wheels Track, in MAKE Volume 26
Out of the pages of the most recent issue of MAKE: California artist Chris Burden built a Hot Wheels track of epic proportions. Burden’s kinetic sculpture Metropolis II is a mesmerizing cityscape where 1,100 toy cars blaze down 18 lanes of freeways in endless loops. The work took Burden, his chief engineer Zak Cook, and […]
Giant Knits in Antwerp
These giant knits by Bauke Knottnerus are currently on display in the UNRAVEL Knitwear in Fashion exhibition at the Mode Museum in Antwerp. According to his site: PHAT KNITS is a series of giant threads used to create, knitted or not, interior products. They look pretty comfy too.
How-To: Hot Dog Fairy
I’m still trying to find the full story behind the Hot Dog Fairy, but one thing’s for sure: it’s hilarious and awesome. Anna of Anna the Red shares how she created a real-life food version of this cartoon character. I love the pickle slice wings and tiny arms and feet!
Make: Projects – “You Have Just Been Poisoned” Pint Glass
Fans of Patrick McGoohan’s classic BBC spy series ‘The Prisoner’ will recognize this gimmick from Episode 15, “The Girl Who Was Death.” It’s a pint glass with words etched on the bottom (in authentic “Village” font) that appear line-by-line as the liquid is imbibed. My version is the closest reproduction of the original I could achieve.
Home-Built Funicular (Motorized People-Mover) on Make: Projects
Make: Projects community member Jeff Johnson is putting the fun back in funicular with his awesome people/firewood/beer-moving tram built to get from their family lake house down to the dock 147 feet below. Looking for a big summer project? Jeff shared his entire build notes and photos with us in Make: Projects (thanks Jeff!), so […]