In an effort to test the new boundaries afforded by my Make: Halloween Contest 2009 beat, I bring you this bulemic zombie prop robot that pukes on command into a toxic waste drum thoughtfully labeled “inedible.” A steal at only $2750 apiece, they are sadly and incomprehensibly discontinued. I was planning to order a matching […]
I am pleased to report that I have been nominated to receive this year’s Most Ridiculous David Mamet Allusion award. Also: I dig the no-BS approach of this traditional weighted gate closer from Snug Cottage Hardware. No springs, no strings, no pulleys. A pretty easy remake, too, if you can find a cannonball. In other news, I have been nominated
Look, just because I have a pink Nano doesn’t mean I’m some kind of a…pink necktie wearer! Oh wait, NM: It’s British. And the company’s name is Pink–Thomas Pink, of London. Pink gets €55 for one online, which is like more money than there is in all of America right now, but if you are crafty or have a crafty friend it should be a fairly simple sew job.
Junktion is a boutique in Tel Aviv featuring locally-made upscale recycled products. Recyclart put me on to these baskets made from chopped up liquid propane gas bottles.
So you couldn’t get a visa to Ghana, misplaced your tickets to Accra, didn’t have an up-to-date yellow fever shot or for some other reason couldn’t make it to Maker Faire Africa…Well lose that sad face, the feed is just beginning. It always seems that during amazing events like Maker Faire, the online coverage doesn’t […]
Artist Monty Monty does a fine job of thinking way outside the box on his modded instruments. The piece pictured above is the Blues Bike, which obviously isn’t an instrument but uses repurposed instruments in its form. His actual instruments are beautiful hybrids of the most unexpected pairings, like the Electric Bass and Strings and the Bowling Ball Bass, both shown below.
With iPod rumor season upon us (videocams? microphones for VoIP calls!), it’s time to gaze back fondly on those quaint iPods of yestermonth. And the quaintest has got to be Mister Jalopy’s World’s Biggest iPod hack, as seen in MAKE, Volume 04. Who doesn’t love MJ’s fat little iPod (is that a 3rd Gen?) grafted […]
