These Upcycled UFO Lamps Are Retro-Futuristic Fabulous
Using upcycled jars, collected bits and pieces, 3D printed parts and energy efficient LEDs, Will Strange makes UFO inspired lamps.
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These Kids Built an Exoskeleton to Lift 400 Pounds
These are students at the Bay School of San Francisco, and the makers of AJAX, a hydraulic exoskeleton that looks like something from a movie.
Alien Glyph Double Knit Scarf Pattern
Tumblr user ConcertiGrossi shared this fantastic double knit scarf based on the alien glyphs from the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., along with the pattern for it!
Original Mars Attacks art in Makers Market
Aw, man, this is almost too good to be true: Makers Market seller John Doffing, of Philadelphia, PA, has scored a license to reprint every card in Topps’ famous 1962 trading card series Mars Attacks. John’s company, LTL Prints, has a novel full-color print-on-demand process using environmentally friendly inks, at 1440 dpi, on a 10 mil self-adhesive “fabric paper” substrate that can be removed and repositioned over and over again. He’ll sell you any card in the series at your choice of six sizes ranging from one foot to six feet on the long edge, with prices starting at $15. He’s also selling complete sets at a steep discount over the per-print price.
Weekend Project: Alien Projector
Shine an alien or any other design on a wall with this $5 LED projector. Thanks go to Brian McNamara for the original article in MAKE, Volume 16. To download The Alien Projector video click here and subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete Alien Projector article in MAKE, Volume 16 and you can see […]
Weekend Project: Alien Projector (PDF)
Shine an alien or any other design on a wall with this $5 LED projector. Thanks go to Brian McNamara for the original article in MAKE, Volume 16. View the PDF of this project. and then subscribe to MAKE Magazine for other great projects you can do over the weekend.
Alien twins life support system haunt prop
Two aliens contained in suspended animation chambers. A central control unit monitors and sustains life support functions. The control screen is a looping flash animation. Every few minutes, a malfunction state is triggered. Sound and graphics announce the error, and a Make Controller board is used to trigger emergency flasher lights and a fog machine (simulates a cryogenic coolant leak).
