After a long day on Tatooine fighting off Sandpeople and haggling over the price of power converters, Obi-Wan and Luke Skywalker walk into a droid… BaR2D2 is a radio-controlled, mobile bar that features a motorized beer elevator, motorized ice/mixer drawer, six-bottle shot dispenser, and sound activated neon lighting. The robot is driveable so you can […]
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This photo essay shows you step by step procedures for dismantling Hasbro’s R2-D2 Interactive Astromech Droid. Some pretty nice pictures of the surgery complete with details on how to avoid damaging the critical elements inside of the droid. Cracking Open Hasbro’s R2-D2 Interactive Astromech Droid
Continue ReadingRobots! Robots! People from all over the world came to experience the fun and excitement at this years Maker Faire in California. Here are just some of the amazing robots we saw. To download Maker Faire 2008 Robots MP4 click here or subscribe in iTunes.
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Star Wars: DIY R2-D2 is even better than the real thing @ Gizmodo from Maker Faire! Chris James’ R2-D2 won four Make Magazine editors’ choice ribbons at Maker Faire and it’s easy to see why: not only it has every detail from the original—except having a little person inside—but this one is even more charming, […]
Continue ReadingThis R2D2 knit hat from the Craft: Blog was just too geek-chic to not cross-post here. Attention knitters who love me… R2D2 Knit Hat Pattern – Link
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Make pal I-Wei Huang, a.k.a. Crabfu, the steambots guru, was interviewed by Bonnie Burton for the Official Star Wars Blog… How do your skills as an animator help when you make these cool creations? Being an animator, you tend to see things in a different way, and can’t help but notice subtle details of how […]
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Our pal I-Wei (CrabFu) just sent this in to us, it’s a steam powered R2-D2, absolutely incredible! The best part? He’s bringing it to Maker Faire in a few weeks! R2-S2 (R2 Steam Too) – The steam powerde R2-D2 – Link. Related: Make Podcast: I-Wei Huang’s Steambots – Link. Interview with Crabfu Steamworks – Link. […]
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