This collection of unusual-looking clocks includes a cathode ray tube clock and two Nixie tube clocks. The Maker Eric Schlaepfer has been messing around with electronics for as long as he can remember. He enjoys building novelty clocks using unusual or archaic display technologies… Come meet him and many others at the Maker Faire! – […]
Canida continues her taxidermy projects with a “mouse mouse” it’s a computer mouse with an outer mouse covering. I’ll repeat her warning: “This project involves taxidermy, dremels, and sometimes graphic pictures of dead animals. While there are no guts in this tutorial, viewer discretion is still advised.” If you are offended by this entire idea […]
Jake made an stunning Steampunk computer mouse! Though the eccentric Professor William C. Ravenscroft remains stingy on details of his “Telecalculograph”, he has recently allowed photography of the device with which its user controls it. These images, as well as speculation upon their contents follows: One holds the device in a manner similar to the […]
The Art of Motion Control. Bruce Shapiro has experimented with salvaged components of the automation industry since 1990. Initially building his own CNC rigs in order to explore algorithmic sculpture, the machines eventually evolved into kinetic sculptures themselves. Since 1999, he has permanently installed large-scale works at science centers both in the U.S and Canada, […]
This is a clever battery shelf from Simon Spagnoletti, the cord holds the gadget – The Battery shelf gives your phone a home as well as an providing an iconographic reminder to plug it in. The power cord no longer needs to hide in shame; its role in keeping you connected is proudly displayed Battery […]
Come check out two amazing electric cars that will be at Maker Faire!, speeding in to the future! Here’s a snippet from the project description by Rich Hilleman and Ian Wright: Electric cars do not have to be heavy, ugly, and slow. The Wrightspeed X1 weighs only 1536 lbs, and has beaten some of the […]
Open source hardware is a term we’ve used here on MAKE & CRAFT for describing some of the projects featured as well as some of our electronics kits. It was also the subject of a talk we participated in at the SXSW conference, but what is it? There are a few definitions, some of which […]
