I’m finally accepting that it’s truly autumn, so I gasped with delight when I saw these amazing leaf creatures by Mortéza Esmaîli Sohi. They’re called “des feuilles tres, tres chouettes” which translates roughly as very, very cute leaves, which indeed they are. I’ve of course seen artwork made out of leaves and flowers before, but […]
Thomas Wiltherspoon is the director of Ears to Our World, a charitable organization bringing access to information via self-powered shortwave radio to the third world, and he’s looking for help from makers like you: I’ve always wanted to give our radios directly to children, but reality is, these kids live in some very impoverished areas […]
At Maker Faire this past weekend, these two cuties came to show me their LilyPad Arduino projects they made (and soldered themselves) using the CRAFT videos to help out, thanks for coming by! Your blinky wearables are super impressive! Photo is by their dad, leave us a comment so we can find you online! More: […]
A little stroke of marketing genius from Limor and Phil over at adafruit. Monsieur Ampère here was just released as a preview of their forthcoming E is for Electronics coloring book, in collaboration with illustrator Travis Pitts. A list of all the letters, and what they’re “for,” is here. They’re planning to have the books ready in time for Festivus.
Gever Tulley, co-author of 50 Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do) and founder of the Tinkering School will be giving a talk tonight at Parsons the New School for Design in NYC, so if you missed him at Maker Faire, here’s your chance! A self-taught computer scientist who holds multiple technology patents, Gever’s […]
Chris Connors on Make: Online snapped this quick video of the New York Hall of Science crew mixing a big vat of oobleck, a non-newtonian fluid consististing of cornstarchand water. They had kids jumping on the stuff all weekend during Maker Faire, to the delight of participants and onlookers.
OK, so this video from YouTuber beachj0 includes no explanation, but my belief is that there are one or more cylindrical magnets embedded in the plastic bait worms (possibly by casting them in place using the DIY bait molds commonly sold to fisherman), and several more magnets attached to a platter rotating beneath the table. A simple effect, but strikingly creepy. [via Propnomicon]
