CraftyPod’s Sister Diane is always ahead of the pack when it comes to helping crafters in creative ways. Her latest undertaking? She just put together this super-useful Google Map of Crafty Portland, featuring entries for all the handmade boutiques, supply shops, and other areas of interest she could think of. Hopefully this kicks off a […]
By way of the awesome AfriGadget site comes this Wired story about a paraglider builder/flier from South Africa: Cyril is the only black South African currently registered with the sport’s ruling body. And it all started with a glider he made from plastic bags, purloined rope and baling wire, a glider that flew — sort […]
Flickr user Mulle-Maus has whipped up a hilarious toilet paper cover she calls “Horror Manor”. She’ll have a pattern available soon, just in time for Halloween. [via] Link.
TreeHugger reports on these swanky recycled cardboard cat loungers by Marmalade Pets, which can be easily turned into a DIY project like our Catnip Castle from CRAFT: 01. Link. From the pages of CRAFT: CRAFT: 01 – “Catnip Castle” by Julie Szabo pgs 94-101 Digital Edition subscribers can read the full article here. Link. Don’t […]
The work of Dutch physicist-turned-artist Theo Jansen has inspired many, including us here at MAKE. His amazing “Strandbeest” (beach animals), giant wind-driven walking sculptures, are staggeringly cool. A number of miniature machine and robot builders have tried to incorporate some of Jensen’s ideas into their own work. Here, a Japanese maker has built a tabletop […]
Before BigDog and LittleDog, Boston Dynamics Director Martin Buehler was messing around with single-leg motility, here via the Robot Jockey, a sort of semi-self-balancing pogo stick under a motorcycle frame. On Buehler’s website, you can see the evolution, from these monoped prototypes up to the four-legged critters we see bouncing around in BD test videos […]
Bunny slippers are cute and all, but what if you’d prefer some at-home footwear that’s more stylish and versatile? Lady Harvatine shows us how to use an old pair of flip-flops to whip up a new pair made from fabric. Check out the entire tutorial on her blog. Link.
