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June 12, 2014
DIY Edge of Tomorrow Exoskelleton From Household Materials
This incredible exoskeleton, patterned after the film Edge of Tomorrow, is actually built from basic household items. Peter Kokis poured over 300 hours of work into creating this movie replica with painstaking detail. He used all kinds of peculiar items in this build. It can be surprising what interesting shapes […]
Tikkun Olam Make-a-thon Helps Those In Need
“Tikkun Olam” is a Hebrew phrase that literally means “Making the world better”. TOM, which stands for “Tikkun Olam Make-a-thon” is a marathon of Making and Hacking dedicated to just that. For 3 days this summer, Makers of all kinds will be gathered in an amazing industrial space in Nazareth, […]
Mechanical NXT Keyboard
You have definitely have heard of a piano or a digital piano before, but have you ever heard of a flexible Mechanical NXT keyboard piano? Pianos are one of the most interesting and popular instruments for billions of people to play and learn, but often cost more than what […]
An Engaging Box for that Engagement Occasion
Reddit user polyfractal built this simple but elegant wooden box to hold a special artifact for a special someone.
June 11, 2014
Turning Denim On A Lathe
Peter Brown is back with another peculiar marriage of non-standard materials and a lathe. Last time we saw him make a very interesting ring out of colored pencils and this time he’s working with denim to make a bracelet. At first mention, you might be envisioning some sewing of some […]
3 Millionth Raspberry Pi Sold
In a post to their official blog, The Raspberry Pi Foundation announced the sale of their 3 millionth Raspberry Pi single board computer.
Recreating A UFO Light With A 3D Printer
last year I downloaded SketchUP and just doodled around with it. I didn’t really do anything challenging. I went to MakerFaire in Queens, and was completely inspired. Then, I went to the MakerBot store in New York, and I was blown away. I immediately knew I wanted to build something […]
Thinking about a Maker Conference Center
If makers designed their own conference center, what would it look like? In what ways would it improve the venues we now use for conferences?
Make it Great: Bluetooth Multimedia Remote
I recently put an old laptop in my room as an XBMC computer. However, whenever I wanted to switch the content that was playing, I would have to drag myself out of my warm bed to change the content on the computer. I searched far and wide for a glitch […]
June 10, 2014
Meet Primitive Pete, or How Not to Use Your Tools
Do you know how a hammer works? Yes, probably, you do — it hasn’t changed much in millennia, and even less in the last 70 years. So this video, a promotional effort by Disney and General Motors from 1945, feels at first like an occasionally delightful, occasionally cringe-worthy (the only […]
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