The Real Elliot writes – “Build your own (needlessly tech) servomotor-driven 4-leg walker robot! First, a warning: This bot is basically a microcontroller-brain version of the classic BEAM 4-legged walker. The BEAM 4-legger may be easier for you to make if you aren’t already set up for microcontroller programming and just want to build a […]
During WWII, knitting was a nationwide movement of support, as seen in the above poster. Now over 65 years later, the National WWII Museum is starting a new “Knit Your Bit” campaign to honor WWII veterans by knitting them scarves to keep them warm this winter. You can download the free scarf pattern from the […]
This video shows you how to figure out the combination to a lock, my lock doesn’t seem to work, but the comments on the site and Digg seem to suggest it works… [via] – Link. Related: Instructions and spreadsheet – Link. PHP page (math bits) – Link & more code. Opening via shims – Link. […]
Ok, we might need to do this for the next Maker Faire… Alesis69 writes – “They filled a pool with a mix of cornstarch and water with a concrete mixer truck. It becomes a “non-newtonian fluid“. When stress is applied to the liquid it exhibits properties of a solid. Recorded at Barcelona, Spain…” [via] – […]
Our editor at large David Pescovitz spotted these amazing sculptures and how-to… he writes – “Artist Julian Voss-Andreae sculpts magnificent representations of protein molecules out of wood, metal, and other materials. He’s also written a HOWTO on making your own protein sculptures from the datasets for three-dimensional structures of biological macromolecules freely available from the […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member cyenobite posted up a bunch of photos from the 11/12 MAKE: Philly meeting – Highlights included a workshop on soldering and a presentation & Maker Challenge on BEAM (Biology, Electronics, Aesthetics, and Mechanics) robotics – Link. Related: MAKE: Philly Art Buggy – Link. MAKE: Philly – Link. More: Beam bots […]
It’s a big week for game consoles, limited Nintendo Wii’s are going out to reviewers, as are Playstation 3’s – one of the things the PS has going for it for the Maker crowd is that it runs Linux, it’s a little unclear exactly what that will mean, but here are some first clues… Pranav […]
