Dorkbot-sea December meeting is coming up: Haven’t you always wanted to take all those noisy, furry, half-broken toys in your closet, tear them apart and put them together as something just a little bit evil? Well, now’s your chance! Dorkbot and Santarchy are combining forces to host an evil toys workshop. If you bring electric […]
I found this great set of Zome construction pictures from Bridges London Family Day at the London Knowledge Lab. Zome is a great tool for playing with learning, and also just playing. You’re not limited to right angles; my son manages to make some really expressive characters with his set. We have lots of cool […]
NgeokNean made this very cool LEGO Mindstorms NXT walker – I’ve never seen this kind of pivot-mechanism used for turning, it’s very creative! Via NXT Step blog
A stick had the honor of being inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame. I love what the curator had to say about it. “This toy is so fantastic that it’s not just for humans anymore. You can find otters, chimps and dogs — especially dogs — playing with it.” (Anyone else having Ren […]
This enterprising fellow turned a lifeless Wall-E toy into an actual Wall-E robot. He’s written an Instructable documenting the process. I like the boneyard of Roomba parts in the second half of the video. Build an autonomous Wall-E Robot
Street Anatomy posted this awesome (and oddsome) visible anatomy toy modded by PhineasX. (Want!)
Christopher Bonnette has some great Halloween-ish paper craft downloads on his site. Patrick the Pumpkin Patch Prince is here, and La Catrina is here. Via Paper Forest
