Some folks at McGill University are researching gravel-filled chainmail wheels for their prototype lunar vehicle. The loosely-filled sacks glom onto obstacles better than stiff rubber, and the metal linkages make the wheels puncture-resistant. I love when ancient crafts make themselves useful in space-age projects. [Thanks, Dale Wheat!] Photo: Brad Jones / Neptec Design Group
Last fall, Alice of Futuregirl created a most awesome crochet hex bag as a gift for Diane of CraftyPod. After asking her blog readers to vote on a craft-along project for the new year, she’s now breaking down a complete how-to on the bag through a series of tutorial posts and videos. Her first installment […]
Now in 3D! NYC’s secretly a video game, clearly evidenced by this leak in the matrix. We covered the first (to us) Pixel Pour back in 2008, and a reader has written in with these pictures of a new, more blocky version, photographed by Benjamin Norman. More photos after the jump. More: Pixellated water helps […]
Noah Waxman, a student at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program, has been playing with felt and magnets and has developed some playful garments he calls Fe Wearables. [via Cool Hunting]
Eli Skipp’s exploding high-five glove fulfills a long-standing need for high-five sound effects. [via the Arduino Blog]
Akiba of Freak Labs wrote in to share how he used one of his open hardware Freakduino boards to create a realtime wireless protocol analyzer for the 802.15.4 standard.
The latest of many truly outstanding wooden toys from Japanese YouTuber kinohagurama. [via The Automata / Automaton Blog]
