Cutting His Own Paths
Inventor Eddie Paul does more before lunch than most people do, ever.
Workshop
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the industrial arts from metal and woodworking to CNC machining and 3D printing.
3D Fabbing State of the Art
3D printing and desktop manufacturing innovators tell us what’s currently on their radars.
Open Source Self-Replicator
This plasma cutter promises tool inter-changeability, and synergy with its RepRap cousin.
Alt.CES – EyeClops digital optics toys
The Jakks Pacific EyeClops brand made waves back around the 2007 holiday season with their super magnifying camera toy, which set a successful design strategy they’ve since followed up on with their Night Vision 2.0 and PROJECTOR NAME toys: Take a professional piece of digital optics and make a functional $50 toy version.
I bought both their active night vision and video projector toys for my nephews this last Xmas. The older of the two, Michael, agreed to review them for us:
Von Slatt’s gas and waste oil foundry furnace
One downside to being a big fan of a particular maker is how long it can seem between new projects on his/her site, entries of a multi-part projects journal, what they had for breakfast, anything. Certain builders, I go to their sites (or look at their newsfeeds) obsessively, and it can be maddening waiting for […]
How-To: Decoratively Twist Wire
Instructables user barefootbohemian shows us how to make perfect twisted wire for your art/jewelry using a screwdriver and cordless drill! I’ve seen a similar technique used in rope-making, too.
Alt.CES: Google Nexus One an iPhone Killer?
Take a look inside Google’s brand new unlocked mobile phone, Nexus One, and see how it matches up to the Apple iPhone 3GS. More details at Google Phone