Gareth @ Make: Online writes: When I got married, many, many moons ago, my wife and I designed our own rings and worked with the jeweler who made them. It was a wonderful experience and the rings became even more deeply encoded with meaning. Software developer Matt Katz got even more hands-on with the romance […]
MAKE pal and contributor Jérôme Demers sent us a link to this self-balancing one wheel electric scooter by Ryno Motors. I would much rather be seen riding around on one of these than a Segway. [Thanks, Jérôme!] Ryno Motors
The Kansas City Mini Maker Faire is this Sunday in downtown Parkville, MO.
Photo by: Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times Simon Collins, far left, of Parsons, Scott Mackinlay Hahn and Fiona Dieffenbacher with a five-pocket jean pattern. I really enjoyed this article from the Sunday New York Times, “Fashion Tries on Zero Waste Design,” and I’ve been thinking about it all week. It was something I’d never […]
Got the new iPhone? Need to charge it on the go? Well, it’s not a problem with the new MintyBoost 3.0 from the Maker Shed. Build your own MintyBoost: a small and simple (but very powerful and very MAKE-like) USB charger for your iPhone, iPod, or other MP3 player, camera, cell phone, and any other […]
Turkey Tails are a very interesting fungus that grow from living and dead trees. They are generally striped brownish yellow white, but they don’t have to be! Learn to dye them in a rainbow of shades.
I don’t know how else to put it. These lamps, by a Japanese craftsman known as The Great Mushrooming, feature handblown glass mushrooms, with internal LEDs, mounted in found driftwood bases with conspicuous on/off switches. I don’t think they could get any better. [via Inhabitat]
