Robert Oschler, of RobotsRule, sent us news of these new videos WowWee has just released, showing their “Femisapien” (ugh) robot, which features poseable scripting. In the first video, WowWee (and BEAM) robotics guru Mark Tilden shows how the scripting works. The second, rather goofy, video shows two bots fencing as they play back their scripts. […]
Betz White has a tutorial on how to make sponge balls, a nice alternative to water balloons with plenty of splat for kids and none of the wasted balloons.
Billybob884 was at school, missing his dog back home, so he decided to make an uncanny paper replica of Stoney. Here’s a PDF of the pieces. Via
Simone at Crafty Daisies shows you how to refashion girl’s jeans into a cute fiesta skirt.
Amy at Mom advice made a batch of homemade bubbles for her kids. Amy mentions that this homemade version is easy to make particularly for smaller children.
Adachi Tomomi is a Japanese musician and sound poet. Make has covered his Tupperware synths before – his lower-tech work like the Tomoring is even more re-makeable. Tomoring is exceptional instruments because it is not electronic but electric. It has many springs, metal wire, strings and so on. It is to hit, scrub by fingers, […]
Cassi of Bella Dia has a contest going on at her other blog, The Crafty Crow, a site for kids crafts. It’s a Funny Food contest for kids and their helpers! Deadline for entries is June 22nd.
