Tensegrity table from found materials
Homegrown Evolution has a neat tensegrity coffee table made from found materials. More: HOW TO – Build a tensegrity coffee table
Kids & Family
This kid can solder, can you?
Brad sends this about his son’s gift project: For Christmas this year, Lucas made his grandmom a battery powered amp for her guitar. This was a big project – first time with a soldering iron. Worked out well with only one minor burn. He did 80% of the soldering and drilled all the holes for […]
Scout makes way for walking reflection
Ryan Brenner made a Labyrinth as part of his Eagle Scout project. Ryan says: My part was to lead the building of it, but there’s a part of everyone who worked on it in the paths of the labyrinth. Some people brought stones from their yards, the beach, or travels and placed them there in […]
LEGO NXT inch worm
Dave Parker shares the building and programming instructions for this LEGO NXT inch worm on nxtprograms.com – the movement is really unusual.
Making a case for Meggy Jr
Got a Meggy Jr RGB? Wrap that rascal in this comfy Meggy Cozy. Right this way and Lenore will show you how it’s done… Meggy Cozy More: Meggy Jr RGB Programming Guide and libraries Introducing Meggy Jr RGB
National Geographic best pictures of microscopic life
National Geographic has their best pictures of microscopic life up – my favorite is above, the Trichodina pediculus, a parasite that lives on hydras. This is magnified 600 times!
Hackable Christmas: cheap devices
How is your holiday hacking going? If you have been good, Santa has stocked you up with lots of clever goodies to keep you and yours entertained. Below are a few things that I found in my stocking and am looking forward to fussing with: Disposable battery/charger for cellphones. At two dollars (frugal Santa), if […]