Mechanical climber
I wish I could speak Spanish – Argentinian Alberto Oscar made this great little mechanical climber, I’d love to know what his narration is about. There are other constructions at his blog, Surprising Physics (Fisica Sorprendente).
Kids & Family
Oatmeal box pinhole photography
Stewart Woodruff has put together a great site on pinhole photography, he includes everything from making the camera to developing pictures in a bathroom darkroom.
Tips for Teaching Kids to Sew
Cathie Fillian from Creative Juice shares her tips on teaching kids to sew. She’s got a lot of great advice that you may not have immediately thought of, such as giving kids scissors that are the right size, and customizing a sewing box just for them.
Femisapien videos
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. […]
Sponge Balls
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.
Papercraft greyhound
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
Refashion Girl’s Jeans into a Fiesta Skirt
Simone at Crafty Daisies shows you how to refashion girl’s jeans into a cute fiesta skirt.