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I love kvanb’s Lego recreation of Theo Jansen’s Rhinoceros Strandbeest mobile sculpture. Jansen even approved the model, and it was up on CUUSOO for possible realization as an official Lego product. Theo Jansen is a Dutch Kinetic Artist and famous around the world for his Strandbeests. Theo is also my friend and colleague, and I’m happy […]
Now you can help turn legendary hardware hacker Ladyada’s workshop into an official Lego product! Ladyada’s Workshop is a project on Lego Cuusoo, a new platform by Lego that lets amateur models get produced as actual Lego products if they get 10,000 votes. Welcome LEGO fans! We looked around and couldn’t find a LEGO set […]
Found on Totalgeekdom.com: this awesome wall and ceiling build area, which consists of Lego plates stuck onto convenient surfaces. I’m an avid Lego geek; I love sitting down for a build session whenever I can fit one in. This often means pulling out the bins of Lego bricks and clearing a spot on the floor […]
Deborah Higdon’s lovely microscale train bookends also include fake Lego books to help support real ones. [via the Brothers Brick]
DIY drones are the rage! Chris flew a quadcopter off the stage, and entertained droves of questions from how much weight the copters can carry, to FAA regulations, and announced that they would have a new ARM-based APM (Ardu Pilot Mega) by Maker Faire New York.
Young makers astound with an ambitious Viper flight simulator project for Maker Faire.
Thomas Poulsom’s British Bird Series explores the loveliness of the British ornithological scene, in all the glory of Lego! Even cooler, you can help these models become an official Lego model through the magic of Lego’s Cuusoo platform, where amateur builders can post models, and those creations which receive enough votes actually get made. If […]
