DIY Constellation Votives
These DIY constellation votives on Design Sponge are so dreamy.
Space
DIY Space Exploration Takes Flight
I visited the Citizen Astronaut and Space Hacker Workshop in Silicon Valley this weekend, hosted by Hacker Dojo, to see whatโs new and exciting in DIY space stuff. This much is clear after just the first day: If you havenโt explored it before, now is the time to start looking in to sending your experiments into the mesosphere (and beyond).
Toronto Teens Send Lego Minifig to Space
Two young makers from Toronto, Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad, both age 17, successfully sent a Lego minifig and four cameras to roughly 78,000 feet elevation on a homemade weather balloon. After a 97-minute flight, the balloon returned to Earth with great footage of the journey. Inspired by a similar project done by MIT students, [โฆ]
The Making of a Maker: A Tribute to the 1970 Estes Model Rocket Catalog
Make: contributor Stefan Jones reminisces about the iconic 1970 Estes model rocket catalog.
Stephen Colbert in SPAAAAAAAACE
This is so awesome, and so smart of a promotional stunt on MakerBotโs part. You know Colbert is likely to put this on the show. Itโs also cool to see all of the bizarre things that people have been doing with Colbertโs head files on Thingiverse.
Large DIY 900mm lens is large
Tony Lovell built this 900mm camera lens using รยฃ250 of surplus government optics, a custom-machined aluminum body, and lots of ingenuity.
Making Your Own Satellites
Itโs often said that thereโs nothing you canโt make at home, and even the final frontier is not too remote from the hands of a well-equipped group of DIYers. You can build and launch your own satellite for as little as $8,000.
