Intructables member Alex the Great has a clever Awesome LED Cube project. Use the cube to slow, stop, or reverse time, or even turn ordinary technology into transformers. Your choice. This project looks like a great way to introduce kids to a number of valuable skills we have covered here at Make: Online, such as […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool Impressionist painters on-the-go will appreciate PBNJ smurf’s ARToids ultra-compact watercolor set – A portable watercolor kit made from an old altoids smalls tin & bakeable polymer. I wanted a minimalist kit that I could take along to add color to journal pages. (I have a small travel kit already, I […]
I caught this photo of a rocking bike, taken by Flickr user PavelM, over on Bike Hacks. It appears to be from last year’s design event in Prague called Designblok. This is so much more relevant than a rocking horse, and I’d be in my garage making one for my kids if I knew how […]
Paulo Nenflidio is a visiting artist at the Arizona State University Art Museum for another two weeks, where he’s collaborating with community members on new works in the space. He makes really lovely sculptures that use sound in interesting ways. Two of my favorites of his are the Teclado SÃsmico, a spider that uses user-activated […]
Junkbot sculptor Lockwasher strikes again (strikes back?). What is Beer2-D3 made from? Beer2’s technical specs: Head – 1945 chrome BLC utility light shell. Eye – vintage movie camera lens w/adjustable spring-loaded aluminum casing. Body – 4.7 liter “adult soda” mini-keg. Legs – propane tank valve handles, brass spacers, drilled-out washers, pair of aluminum Lady Josephine […]
I’m intrigued by these graphite weapon pencil sculptures by AS Batle, made from compressed graphite. Does anybody know what possible type of “proprietary binder” he may be using and in what type of mold? The site says they last for eight years if you use them for drawing. Via BB.
Our new MAKE magazine columnist, iconic electronics guru Forrest M. Mims III (see “Country Scientist,” MAKE, Volume 17) has a piece up on the Jameco website about using a laser pointer to create cool laser-light patterns to capture with a digital camera: The coherent properties of a laser beam provide an ideal tool for creating […]
