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January 3, 2015
The Drawing Chair
After examining the construction of an ordinary pencil, artist Rebecca Szeto took a trip to the hardware store to gather the necessary materials to build The Drawing Chair.
3D Printed Custom Insoles
One of the major benefits of 3D printing is the ability to create custom items that fit the needs of one user instead of a large market. This kind of customization would not be practical with traditional manufacturing practices that require large runs of the same item to recoup the setup […]
January 2, 2015
Playing MIDI Files on littleBits’ Arduino at Heart and Synth Bits
Ever since I played with it at the RadioShack/littleBits event in NYC a few weeks ago, I became obsessed with Manny Alvear’s littleBits music player from RadioShack techspecs, and had endless fun playing Carol of the Bells over the holidays. I picked up some of the littleBits synth modules to […]
3D Printable Death Star Shaped Speaker Enclosures
Rich Olson at nothinglabs has released a very cool parametric speaker enclosure on to Thingaverse. You can load up the page, set the right specifications for the driver of your choice, and print a Death Star shaped enclosure of your very own. These look absolutely fantastic, and according to Rich, […]
New Project: Toy Inventor’s Notebook: Colorful Comic Kaleidoscope
Ordinary kaleidoscopes must be pointed toward a light source to work. This one has built-in illumination, so you can hold it right up against a printed page. 
January 1, 2015
DiResta: Puzzle Box
In this episode of DiResta, Jimmy builds a puzzle box from wood, trying first with oak but settling on bamboo.
December 31, 2014
Cool Crowdfunding December 31: Smart watches, and Makerspaces
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Smart Garage with Spark Core
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James wanted a way to monitor the status of his garage door without having to actually look at the door. Fortunately, he has a knack with electronics and knows his way around connecting different sorts of systems together with code. In the initial version of the project, James used an […]
New Project: Dame Juliana Berners and the Fishing Lure
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This 15th-century English nun wrote the book on the technology of recreational fishing.
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