Let’s face it, nobody needs a medieval siege weapon on their desk. Or do they? I recently decided that the lack of catapults in our brainstorming sessions at work was negatively impacting our ability to be creative. So I decided to remedy this. My friend Bill Gurstelle is the dean of siege weapons, so I […]
We’re continuing to deck the halls with some sweet giveaways, thanks to our friends at element14. Check back daily, between now and December 22nd, for your chance to win tools from the element14 Holiday Guide leading up to a special Ben Heck Kit grand prize (see below). Today’s offering is an Akro-Mils Tool Box and […]
If you’ve got a pile of bricked AVR parts sitting around, or have a penchant for inadvertently blowing the wrong fuses on your devices, then you might want to check out Jeff Keyzer’s HV Rescue Shield.
We had a great time this weekend vending at the Bazaar Bizarre Holiday Show at Fort Mason in San Francisco this past weekend. Sheena, Brigitte, Laura and I had a fun time on Saturday chatting it up with all you makers and crafters out there too! I really loved the detail in the adorable vintage […]
Backyard is a M*A*S*H set replica via Reddit…
Here is the latest in our Make: Shorts video series, covering “Maker Pioneers,” inventors, entrepreneurs, makers, who are dreaming up clever solutions to today’s energy and environmental problems. In this episode, we climb aboard the BioBus, with its creator, Ben Dubin-Thaler. The “Cell Motion BioBus” is a self-powered mobile microscopy lab that brings hands-on science […]
After some time I finally got up the nerve to buy some servo brackets and put together a servo robotic arm. However I needed a stage and mobile platform for the robotic arm to go onto and thus The Sharpie Dotifier was born. The Sharpie Dotifier uses 5 servo actuators to move the arm up, […]
