Make a Banana Boat in its own Peel!
Indulge your sweet tooth on the double with a clever and quick banana boat in its peel from food enthusiast KatieQ and Priya Krishna of Lucky Peach!
Month: April 2015
Star Wars BB-8 Style Robots You Can Build Right Now
To help you on your quest to build your own BB-8 Star Wars droid, here are two DIY robot tutorials that should help.
MakerCon Launch Pad Announces Finalists
A startup competition aimed at shining a bright light on the creative work of hardware startups, Launch Pad offers a $5,000 prize and all of the exposure that Make: magazine, Maker Faire, and MakerCon can offer to a young company. With interest in the competition running high, the first real contest has already occurred: getting […]
Alphabet Art: Folded Paper Letters
Looking for creative wall art or sign-making ideas for your next big party? You’ll love this DIY technique for making your own fun folded paper letters! This fantastic folded paper alphabet tutorial from Helena Lyth at Sköna hem is written in Swedish, but the illustrated fold guides for each letter are pretty self-explanatory. I love […]
How Hard Can You Punch the PunchBot?
One question had always bothered Russell Munro. “I have been practicing various Martial Arts styles for over 15 years and have always been curious about one particularly primitive part of my pugilist pastime: how hard I can punch?” Munro asked. “More than that I want to know ‘pound for pound’ is it all about size […]
3D Scans are 3 Times Faster with Sense Scanner Upgrade
If you are interested in scanning larger objects — people, for example — there are few options on the market better than the 3D Systems Sense scanner. While on the hardware side it only boasts the same type of sensor that you can find in your XBox 360 Kinect (albeit in a much more handheld, user-friendly form), […]
See What Happens When a 9 Year Old Hacks a Chicken Coop
If you’ve ever had chickens, you know that the morning trip out to acquire fresh eggs can sometimes be less than pleasant, especially if it is raining or cold out. Leo Southam, 9, decided to do something about that unpleasant trip. He rigged up a simple gutter system to deliver the eggs softly to a […]