The Reinvention of the Wheel
Arguably after the club, and possibly fire, the next thing to be invented was the wheel. In any case it’s been around, almost unchanged, for a very long time. Like the mouse trap it’s notoriously hard to reinvent.
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Wheeled Superbot Leaps Tall Fence in Single Bound
This little guy is awesome. Look at him go! From Sandia National Labs…
Last call for Karts and Wheels contest
Wheel aficionados, there are still a couple of days left to enter the MAKE Karts and Wheels contest. Got any projects that have wheels and can carry a person? Enter for your chance to get your project polished and published in MAKE Volume 26, the Karts and Wheels issue. The rules are simple: 1. Come […]
Get published in MAKE! Enter the Karts and Wheels contest.
UPDATE: Deadline extended to 11:59 PDT on January 24, 2011. There’s still time to enter the MAKE Karts and Wheels contest for the chance to have your project polished and published in the pages of MAKE Volume 26, the “Karts and Wheels” issue. Go-karts, electric bikes and scooters, biodiesel buggies, powered skateboards, self-balancing whatsits, illegal […]
Polly the housetruck
Pollymecca the housetruck pulled up in front of MAKE headquarters earlier this week, and she was lovely. Inspired by gypsy caravans and British “living wagons,” maker John Labovitz set out to create a house on wheels complete with a workspace for his projects in photography, programming, and research. His website lays out all the technical […]
How do Mecanum wheels work?
We get the pleasure of working with some amazing artists/illustrators here at MAKE. One of them is James Provost. James did the illos for the “Lunchbox Laser” and “Marble Adder” projects in Volume 20, and the “CNC For Under $800” piece in Volume 21. He also did the wonderful illustrated version of the Maker’s Bill […]
Elephant Push Toy
A couple years ago, I lived with some friends that had a baby boy. From the time he was six months old until he was a year-and-a-half, I became closely acquainted with the world of baby toys. Of course, he always wanted to be in my room drooling on my toys, but he had some […]
