By Scott Bedford Amaze your kids by transforming two old toilet rolls and a few other recycled bits and bobs into a cool steampunk-inspired robot. Amaze them even further by balancing your robot on the edge of a ruler, table, shelf, or even your finger. And then triple amaze them by rotating the arms and [โฆ]
MAKE pal Aaron Ristau makes and sells these lovely wireless mice given the deluxe retro-robo-junk-art treatment. At $180 apiece, theyโre a bit rich for my blood, but have inspired me to maybe try reskinning a peripheral or two of my own.
Creating faux glass eyeballs (that seem to follow you as you move) is very simple using actual eye images and glass bubble gems. These eyes can then be incorporated into a fabulous steampunk pendant that youโฆ erโฆ canโt look away from.
Instructables member saritamarianyc took a Mr. Potato Head, and with the aid of some Sculpey Premo, household junk, a hot glue gun, and some paints, completely steampunk-ified it. That monocle makes me giggle with glee every time I look at it. Want to see how she did it?
For eight days, David Malkiโs Wondermark webcomic was turned into the Tinkerโs Handbook, a loving send-up of MAKE and maker culture. He ended the โhandbookโ with this wonderful Makerโs Bill of Rights-like โcodified set of the builderโs, crafterโs, makerโs rules. [via Boing Boing, by way of MAKEโs Laura Cochrane] Wondermarkโs Nominally-Essential Tinkerโs Handbook: The magazine [โฆ]
Hellenistic technology has always fascinated me, especially the work attributed to mathematician, engineer, and inventor Hero (or โHeronโ) of Alexandria, one of the worldโs first steampunks. Much of the documentation of his work (and likely those of many others of his time) come to us by way of The Pneumatics of Hero of Alexandria (or [โฆ]
Chris Schaie just e-mailed me this picture of a recent commission. Itโs a custom Nautilus-style submarine door that incorporates Chrisโs familiar irising peephole as well as a new multiple bolt mechanism that locks and unlocks by turning the handwheel. Beautiful work, Chris!
