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Bent-Wire Crank Toy

Matt Mets — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:57:37 +0000

Making things with wire looks simple, but it can be challenging. Pick up a few wire-bending tricks, though, and you can sketch in 3 dimensions and make anything from a tiny, delicate figurine to a large, mechanical sculpture with moving parts. Like sketching with a pen on paper, there’s no […]

One-Hour CoasterBot

Matt Mets — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:45:16 +0000

Last year we ran a cool CoasterBot build project and contest on MAKE. We had dozens of awesome entries, from the most basic to the quite elaborate. This Make: Project shows you how to make just about the simplest CoasterBot imaginable. From here you can add new sensors and features […]

Simple Motor

Matt Mets — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:48:08 +0000

Build a motor with household materials.

Four years of Marble Machines

Matt Mets — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 07:24:12 +0000

Japanese YouTube user denha compiled this chronicle of marble machines that they have made over the last four years.

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How An Hourglass Is Made

Matt Mets — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 08:00:29 +0000

Here's a beautiful video detailing designers Marc Newson’s process for making an hourglass. A huge cylinder of glass is placed on what appears to be a special lathe, and is then spun while heating to create the hourglass shape. Finally, metal beads are added until they take the appropriate amount of time to fall through the timepiece, and it is sealed up.

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Vibratron Robot Makes Music Using Steel Balls

Matt Mets — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 08:00:04 +0000

The Carnegie Mellon Robotics Club built this Vibratron instrument as part of their ambitious RobOrchestra project. It looks awesome! I hope they go on tour soon. You can check out their website for more details, and some video demonstrations of the mechanisms involved on their YouTube channel. [via I Heart […]

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Victorian House Has Secret Garage, Might Actually Be Robot in Disguise

Matt Mets — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 08:00:44 +0000

The official word about this Victorian house that has a secret garage is that it was created by Beausoleil Architects as a way to comply with building housing codes. I'm not buying it though- I think that it's actually just a cover for a large, house-sized robot that needs to be fed cars periodically.

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How To: Connect an SNES Controller to your Android Phone

Matt Mets — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 06:00:04 +0000

Bruno Soares wanted to play a classic Super Nintendo game on his cell phone, but it's touch screen was unresponsive and just wasn't cutting it as a controller. Instead of just giving up, he devised a Rube Goldberg-esque system to connect an actual SNES controller to his phone.

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A Waltzing Textile Plant

Matt Mets — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 20:30:39 +0000

Misbehaving technology got you down? Here’s a pretty video to relax to. Titled Valsa das Máquinas (Machine´s Waltz), it features equipment from a Brazilian textile factory set to a waltz. Throw in a spinning jenny or two, and we’ll have a full party! [via Kottke] Filed under: Art & Design

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Erase a CD in style with high voltage electricity

Matt Mets — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 06:12:42 +0000

Youtube user Photonicinduction shows how to erase a CD using a high voltage step up transformer. It’s probably not the most efficient way to go about things, but it does look cool! [Thanks, Matt!] Filed under: Science

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