Out of the pages of the most recent issue of MAKE: California artist Chris Burden built a Hot Wheels track of epic proportions. Burden’s kinetic sculpture Metropolis II is a mesmerizing cityscape where 1,100 toy cars blaze down 18 lanes of freeways in endless loops. The work took Burden, his chief engineer Zak Cook, and […]
I love Marco Tempest‘s iPod illusions… and if I might say so, excellent T-shirt choice, sir. [Via one of my favorite illusionists, Bruce Sterling.] More: Make: Online | Augmented reality magic
Cool mechanical toy made by Thingiverse user Zach Redding for his little brother, who requested “a ninja star where the blades pop out.” I want one water-jet-cut from stainless steel.
Lifesize Mousetrap provides a great opportunity to see real world applications of physics, spectacle and problem solving. Perhaps you remember endless hours of fussing with cardboard and plastic parts trying to get the mousetrap together to catch the mouse. Mostly, I recall that the build was way more interesting than the actual game. Over the years, Mark Perez has built the life size version of Moustrap along with his band of merry Rubes. They’ve taken the show on the road to Maker Faires in Austin, Detroit and San Mateo. People keep asking for more, and so they’ve set up a Kickstarter campaign to fund a traveling version of Lifesize Mousetrap to bring to schools and demonstrate their festive take on the game.
Build your own scuttling vibrating robot with our BrushBot kit from the Maker Shed. Brushbots are easy to make, fun to build, and easy to personalize. You will find all the parts needed to build 4 BrushBots in each kit.
If you find yourself annoyed at the waste of valuable man-minutes and materiel that went into this effort from Instructables user spookylean, I can only congratulate you on your strong management potential. Me, I just want to zoom it around my desk and make pewpewpew noises.
I think it’s safe to describe Ryan Palser as a “replica video game prop master” at this point. Those of you who enjoyed his fantastic Fallout 3 replica weapons last summer will probably also enjoy his exquisitely crafted Portal turret replica. going on.
