MAKE Editor at Large David Pescovitz gave this wonderful talk at TEDxSoMA on “The world as a wunderkammer” (aka “cabinet of curiosities”). Hey, Mousey the Junkbot even makes a guest appearance. Woot! Pesco’s talk from TEDxSoMa: The World as a Wunderkammer From MAKE magazine: Check out MAKE, Volume 17: The Lost Knowledge issue! Buy your […]
These glueless interlocking table bases based on burr puzzles are from Bulgarian architect Petar Zaharinov. I discovered them while perusing last year’s entries to the Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design Competition.
Congrats to MAKE Contributing Editor Bill Gurstelle for his “Gonzo Engineering” profile in the June issue of Popular Mechanics. “We’ll be doing some flinging before long,” says the man in the jumpsuit, William Gurstelle, the catapult’s builder. On one side of the machine’s central fulcrum hangs a counterweight filled with 400 pounds of rocks and […]
David Mach, whose coathanger gorilla we hit on Friday, also makes these pretty amazing sculptures from matches with the heads arranged to colorize the surface. Just, you know, keep away from open flame. [via Dude Craft]
A bell jar was placed on top of a mini hive and bees from the nucleus started to create foundation of a hive in the jar. Once the foundation is laid, the bees work in masses to form the rest of the hive. Bees Makes Hive In A Jar More: Bee coverage in MAKE
Yesterday at Figment, a participatory arts event on Governor’s island in New York City, Nick Normal and I met 0H10M1ke, who draws 1 minute portraits of strangers on matchbooks and hands them out. I thought it was such a sweet idea! He’s been doing it for a long time; Nick and I got portraits numbered […]
Here’s the second episode of our favorite new show, Sylvia’s Super-Awesome Maker Show. In this installment, the super-awesome Sylvia explores this year’s Maker Faire Bay Area (and does projects she learned at the Faire!). Keep up the inspiring work, Sylvia! Sylvia’s Super-Awesome Maker Show: Episode 02 – Part 1, Maker Faire 2010 More: Sylvia’s Super-Awesome […]
