Aimee Baldwin’s Vegan Taxidermy, aka incredibly lifelike sculptures of birds and plants, really knock my socks off. Her background “ranges from a degree in digital media and theater arts, to professional experience in monument sculpture and prototyping mass-market Halloween merchandise.” And yet, all that is translated into incredibly detailed and delicate birds and flowers, made […]
By Tiffany Threadgould Dads are super stars. They’re great at keeping you organized and getting you to school, sports, and your best friend’s birthday party promptly. It’s easy to forget how much they do and it’s time you gave a little back to them, too. This cigar box organizer is great for any type of […]
If you watched the Make: Live Hackerspace Road Show this week, you might have met i3 Detroit’s Karen Corbeill. Karen makes 8-bit-inspired Perler bead characters from some of your favorite childhood heroes. My favorite? Darkwing Duck! And typing Darkwing Duck makes me immediately starting humming the “DuckTales” theme song in my head. Somewhat related, but […]
If your dad is a maker, take a look at this roundup of Father’s Day ideas from Make: Projects and The Maker Shed. You can print PDF instruction sheets, round up the materials, and then spend the holiday making something cool together.
If you’re interested in building real-world robot swarms, the unit cost is everything. Reportedly, most commercial swarm bots cost $100 or more, sothis innovative design from Michael Rubenstein, Nicholas Hoff, and Radhika Nagpal of the Harvard’s Self Organizing Systems Research Group represents an order-of-magnitude savings over existing platforms. They call it “Kilobot,” and besides low cost, it is designed for rapid assembly (<5 min/unit) and group charging using plates that engage the top and bottom of the entire swarm at once.
Do you have any graduates in your life this year? Here’s an adorable gift, designed by Stephanie at All About Ami. You can grab her free pattern, and then follow her step-by-step tutorial. She even has a little how-to for making the graduation tassel! More: Chinese New Year Amigurumi Doll Pattern How-To: Amigurumi Link, from […]
The Red Blinky Grid, as seen on Wednesday night’s episode of Make: Live, is now available in the Maker Shed. The Red Blinky Grid is matrix of 56 LEDs that can display text and animations in a variety of ways.
