Gorgeous little needle-felted skull
From Japanese crafter ã†ã‚ã, who is also Flickr user urone317. [via CRAFT]
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February Make: Newsletter ships tomorrow!
A snip from the January newsletter We’re about to send out the February Make: Newsletter (tomorrow morning). This monthly email letter has all new material you won’t find on the site or in the magazine. We try to give you the inside scoop on some of what’s going on behind the scenes at Maker Media, […]
Dorkbot DC meeting, this Thursday, Feb 4 at HacDC
If you’re in DC this Thursday, Feb 4th, please stop by HacDC and catch this month’s Dorkbot DC gathering. We have two amazing presenters this month, Andy Holtin and Atau Tanka. Those involved with Maker Faire Austin may remember Andy’s involvement there (and my recent piece about his work here on the site). Atau is […]
Dancing automaton powered by falling sand
Although the “look” of this dancing-girl automaton by English toymaker Ron Fuller is not personally to my taste, I could not resist the fact that it is powered by a stream of falling sand, which is a trick I’ve never seen before. Thanks to YouTuber greninmotion for the video. [via The Automata / Automaton Blog]
Maker Birthdays: Douglas Engelbart
Chances are you have Douglas C. Engelbart to thank for what you’re holding in your hand right now.
I’m talking about your computer mouse, of course.
Dr. Engelbart was born on this date in 1925. In 1967, while working at the prestigious Stanford Research Institute, he applied for a patent on an “X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System,” which issued in 1970, although, per his Wikipedia article, he never actually received any royalties on it. He has been widely honored for his contributions to human-computer interface development.
Dr. Engelbart has four children and nine grandchildren, and today he’s 85. Congratulations and happy birthday, sir!
Electroluminescent papercraft
Rob Ryan makes papercuts. It’s an art, and he’s good at it, and maybe it’s slightly unfair that it took the gimmick of mounting one over a piece of electroluminescent sheet for me to sit up and pay attention. Still, it looks great. Kudos, Ryan! [via Dude Craft]
Chinese maker’s homemade submarine
There are some great quotes in here: “I never learned anything. I have a 5th grade education.” “I made this submarine because I have a lot of creative ideas.” “I made this to appeal to someone who can back me up and give me a helping hand.” “I seldom use a ruler. Everything is based […]