Organfairy rescued an ailing Casio SA-10 with corroded battery contacts – I got this little CASIO SA-10 from a jumble sale. It cost me a massive 10 dkr – the equivalent of 2$. Unfortunately there was no sound but it turned out to be just some old batteries that had leaked all over the place. […]
Woodworking Magazine ran an Altoids tin contest. Here are some of the results. The winning entry was Tom Bier’s router plane (top three pics). Runners up included Kevin Bosse’s light-duty vise and Kevin Hurbanis off-set gauge. Thanks to @JeffreyGifford for the Twitter tip-off The Winner of Our Altoids Tool Contest
From the MAKE Flickr pool Concrete-jungle.org shares pics of this human-powered apple munching machine, constructed for their annual Ciderfest – Aluminum tube mounted on elevated plywood frame, with space underneath for a 5 gallon bucket to catch apple pomace. 1″ shaft through the tube, with a 25lb flywheel and 18t bicycle freewheel mounted on flange […]
Lucasfilm asked artists, comic book creators, toy designers, and celebrity fans to transform blank Mighty Muggs into custom art depicting their favorite characters, creatures, ships and scenes from the Star Wars saga in the project, The Empire Muggs Back. Then collectors and fans can bid on all the art pieces which are auctioned by The […]
Get some inspiration and make/re-make your own “cassette lamp” from this wonderful collection at ooomydesign.com CASSETTE IS NOT DEAD 20x13x12cm Tribute to cassette tape, which kept us company all trough the 80ies and became a symbol of a generation. Taking advantage of its structural properties, a lamp/box has been created only by means of tying […]
“Where is your art?” is a collaboration between Márton András Juhász, Melinda Matúz, Gergely Kovács and Barbara Sterk. The piece uses hacked electronic toys, stripped of their furry little pelts, and connects them to Twitter. Every time the term “art” is found on the Twitter feed, the toys will speak the tweet. I want one! […]
This project uses an Arduino to play back the IR sequences that were captured form the I-Sobot’s remote control. The next step is to add some sensors, and make the robot fully autonomous. Check out the link for more information about the build, including the source code. I decoded the Tomy Isobot IR protocol and […]
