Make’s own Katie Dougherty sent a few copies of Astronomy Hacks to the Las Vegas Astronomical Society, and she heard back from Geary Keilman, the President of the group. Sounds like the books made it into good hands! Here are the names and some pictures of the winners of the Astronomy Hacks books you generously […]
If you’ve played Command and Conquer: Red Alert here’s a “real” Soviet Tesla coil, watch out Allied soldiers! – Link.
Danish woodworker Rasmus Fenhann made these unique and beautiful timber lights inspired by Polyhedra geometry. [via] Link.
Another strange USB device. This lamp changes its color and gets brighter depending on how fast you type. Despite the fact that your LCD screen will probably give you enough light to see what you are doing, this lamp might be more useful if it was hacked to generate a small desk fan that cooled […]
Jeez, this is intense, all of these Lord of the Rings papercraft were made from one sheet of paper each! – [via] Link. From the page of CRAFT: Folded Universe. Origami master Robert Lang breathes new life into paper. CRAFT 05 – Page 50.
Design news latest “Gadget Freak” shows you how to make your own Tesla coil plasma gun – Here’s a gun that can light up an unplugged fluorescent bulb or spark electrical storms in an unplugged incandescent bulb — the same effect as a plaza globe. Richard Morrow of Cheshire, England, built the Tesla Coil plasma […]
Jake writes – Andy sent me a couple of shots of his beautiful stamp decorated keyboards. He write that he’s made about 10 of these beauties. Each of his keyboards are made with the stamps of a single nation and often commemorate a royal coronation or celebrate a particular sport. Andy’s friends and family are […]
