We’re in the home stretch! Maker Faire Detroit is less than three weeks away! If you’re coming out to check out all the fun, here’s a sneak peek at some of the great craft vendors you’ll get to meet. And don’t forget – discount tickets are still available until July 15! Don’t miss out!
Alex Eylar’s “Fall of the House of Escher” MOC adds a logical twist to the Escher classic. The best part? The astronauts are in old skool Classic Space suits. Excellent! [Via The Brothers Brick]
Innovative edible creations abound at this year’s Gowanus Studio Space Jell-O Mold Competition, visited and co-judged by Becky Stern. More info: http://www.gowanusstudio.org/jello/
Catching up on some past Science Friday podcasts I ventured over to their site and checked out this great video they put together… NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), launched in February, has started to send back data. The instruments are giving solar scientists an unprecedented look at the sun, says Dean Pesnell, SDO project scientist. […]
From squirrels on wheels to pigs with wigs the whimsical knit toy world of crafter Anna Hrachovec of Mochimochi Land comes together in her new book, Knitting Mochimochi. As a frequent contributer to CRAFT, I’ve always enjoyed the cute knit toys Anna creates. She blows my mind even more with this book where 20 new […]
Mathematician and artist George Hart (who writes our Math Monday column), created a cool set of six building blocks by slicing up and combining bits of these rhombic dodecahedra. Theoretically, the same set of blocks can be used to build tetrahedra and octahedra of any size. Thingiverse user Lenbok printed a set on a MakerBot. George’s are printed in nylon using selective laser sintering, and, as he points out, look a lot like fancy sugar cubes. I suppose you could print them on a CandyFab and make them actual sugar cubes. Or sugar Voronoi cells, rather.
These homemade “homegrown” potato chips from Vintage Chica look like a perfect summer snack.
