First Fused-Filament, Fully-Electric Vehicle
The Strati (Italian for layers) is the world’s first carbon fiber, 3D printed, fully-electric car.
Month: September 2014
Knitting Simulator 2014
Artist Kara Stone and graphic designer Gabby DaRienzo created a knitting simulator for knitting virtual sweaters!
Nixtrola
“I went online to buy a nixie clock and didn’t see any I really liked,” says Woodland Hills, California tinkerer Sean Fannin about timepieces made from coldwar-era numeral-displaying nixie tubes. “A lot were DIY kits that ended up looking cheap. I wanted to build something a little more slick.” After buying and assembling a basic kit clock, […]
Treetop Tinkering
Perched high in a coniferous tree in Sandpoint, Idaho sits a hexagonal treehouse, handmade by 23-year-old Ethan Schlussler. During the build process, he grew tired of climbing up and down the ladder over and over. So he created a treehouse elevator, using his mom’s old bicycle. The elevator is a pulley system that uses a […]
Los Ferronautas
Mexico is crisscrossed by a vast network of abandoned railroads, no longer connecting many communities that had once relied on their freight and passenger service. In 2006, Ivan Puig and Andrés Padilla Domene, brothers and artists in Mexico City, cooked up the idea to explore the lost routes and places. “We designed a spacecraft, a […]
Yes, There is a Robotic Penis Wall at Maker Faire This Year
At this year’s World Maker Faire New York, one particular exhibit has everyone talking.
Things You Won’t See at Maker Faire: The Set Up
We are all scurrying around on the grounds of the New York Hall of Science getting the final things ready for the World Maker Faire to begin tomorrow morning. There are all kinds of bizarre sights and sounds happening all around us the excitement is palpable. We’re seeing the shapes of exhibitors things begin to […]