LEGO NXT walker turns from both ends
NgeokNean made this very cool LEGO Mindstorms NXT walker – I’ve never seen this kind of pivot-mechanism used for turning, it’s very creative! Via NXT Step blog
Kids & Family
Stick receives high honor
A stick had the honor of being inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame. I love what the curator had to say about it. “This toy is so fantastic that it’s not just for humans anymore. You can find otters, chimps and dogs — especially dogs — playing with it.” (Anyone else having Ren […]
HOW TO – More Dryer Lint Fun
I did a post on the Make blog a while back on making recycled paper and it covered making paper from dryer lint – here’s a tutorial about making modeling dough from dryer lint.
WrexLabs – Take things apart to see how they work
Tim Writes: As a way to support my son’s interest in technology and supplement what is, except for computer class, an almost tech-free school experience, we have created a web show called WREXLabs (Reverse Engineering eXperimental Labs (the W is silent)), in which we take things apart to see how they work. We’ve got three […]
HOW TO – Knitted Bike for Hamsters
It’s not really for hamsters, but it’s about the right size. Mydogellen made this awesome knitted bike – she made an Instructable that explains her approach and the techniques she used.
More dryer lint fun
I did a post a while back on making recycled paper and it covered making paper from dryer lint – here’s a tutorial about making modeling dough from dryer lint.
“The new Sputnik Crisis”
Good article from 10/07 – “The new Sputnik Crisis”– Fifty years ago today, the first satellite launched into space set the nation on a course that ultimately made the United States the technological envy of the world. It also changed my life in ways that I never could have imagined at the time. I was […]