Folding bike wheel
The aim is to try to get a really high end city bike or courier bike that can fold up into a package like a golf bag, which could go into an overhead rack on a train or go into a plane locker. Reinventing the Wheel – Link
Makers
Eccentric Cubicle author Kaden Harris profiled in The Globe and Mail
Canada’s The Globe and Mail has a fantastic story up about Kaden Harris, the author of Eccentric Cubicle: It’s here, right next to the refrigerator, that Mr. Harris fabricates what he calls “antiques from a parallel universe” – wood and metal objects that draw on equal parts Jules Verne, Leonardo da Vinci and Salvador Dali, […]
10 year old makes a ski slope
Cool (literally) maker kid! He made a snow machine and filled his backyard – Forest Pearson’s snow dreams started three years ago when he froze ice cubes for an ice track. Back then, his mother wondered what in the world he was doing, but this year, she understands. “We’re past toys,” she said. “We’re into […]
Incandescent sculpture
Dylan Kehde Roelofs creates these handblown light-up sculptures, complete with filaments and all. – Link.
Meanwhile, in a Parallel Universe 3 doors down and across the street…
You couldn’t ask for a better poster boy for Eccentric Cubicle than my bud in Utah, Joel Dubliner. He’s working his way through the nano projects in preparation for digging in to one of the larger builds, and has already earned his Maker wings with a quick and dirty mod to the drill press lathe […]
Interview with Johnny Lee
Alan Parekh, of HackedGadgets, has a short interview with Johnny Lee, the computer engineer whose Wii remote hacks we (and everybody else on the InterTubes) have blogged about. Johnny also created the popular $14 Video Camera Stabilizer project featured in the premier issue of MAKE. AP: Your Wii projects have been taking the Web by […]
Cal Lane profile
Our cohort at Craftzine point us to this New York Times profile of Cal Lane, the artist we blogged about a few days back, who plasma-torches delicate lace patterns into steel. Turning Steel Into Lace – Link Related: Plasma-cut lace art – Link
