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500-meter “Sky Ladder” is Pyrotechnic Stairway to Heaven

Colossal reported earlier this week that Chinese artist Cai Guoqiang (who does a lot of pyrotechnic-based art) had finally succeeded in executing his Sky Ladder piece. Readers may remember Guoqiang from his gunpowder art and that time he filled the Guggenheim with suspended LED-exploding cars. Sky Ladder was realized at […]

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5000-meter “Sky Ladder” is Pyrotechnic Stairway to Heaven

Colossal reported earlier this week that Chinese artist Cai Guoqiang (who does a lot of pyrotechnic-based art) had finally succeeded in executing his Sky Ladder piece. Readers may remember Guoqiang from his gunpowder art and that time he filled the Guggenheim with suspended LED-exploding cars. Sky Ladder was realized at […]

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The BeagleBone Green Begins Shipping This Week

Introduced back in May, the BeagleBone Green is finally hitting the market over at Seeed Studio.

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When Welding Beads Reach Artistic Heights

The website TwistedSifter posted a gallery of pipe welder Scott Raabe’s handiwork that you have to see to believe. Here’s what TwistedSifter had to say: Scott Raabe is a Texas-based welder with nearly a decade of professional welding experience since graduating from Texas State Technical College with a degree in […]

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Create a Cheery Candy Sprinkles Cake Stand

Peter Brown warns that just watching this video of him lathing a candy sprinkles cake stand might give you cavities.

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E3D and LittleBox Partner to Crowdfund New Power Printer BigBox

The BigBox is a collaboration between the E3D team and Kickstarter alumni LittleBox whose promising Kickstarter campaign ends this Sunday.

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Adam Savage Geeks Out Over New Mobile Tool Caddy

In this Tested video podcast, Adam Savage talks to Will Smith about his latest mobile tool caddy project and his concept of “First Order Retrieveabilty.” Wha? Basically, it’s Adam’s shop layout philosophy of minimizing the need to go through things to get to other things–the things you need! I.e., as […]

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DiResta: Buck Knife Auto Conversion

In this video, I attempt to make a conversion: folding Buck knife to automatic.

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Block the Car Door Relay Hack with a Faraday Cage

Is your car door safe from electronic hackers? Read on to understand how the malicious hack works — and how to protect your ride.

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NASA Releases 3D Printable Files for Pint-Sized Curiosity Mars Rover

Curiosity might just be our favorite Martian robot. This week, NASA has released files to 3D print your very own Curiosity rover.

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