Ode to the Bottle Opener
Reflecting on the novelty of the humble bottle opener. Creative solutions ranging from 3D printing to the common house nail.
Tools
Tools: Leatherdos Mini Tool Hair Clips
I’m a sucker for a good multitool, and, as a barrette-wearing lady, these amazing Leatherdos mini tool hair clips from designer Yaacov Goldberg are definitely making my heart go pitter-patter!
PancakeBot Delivers Obama Grandma Slippers
The story of how the “Obama Grandma Slippers” came to the White House is a global maker tapestry, its threads woven by world travelers eager share their knowledge and designs to enable others to create their own products.
Seeing Spaces: Observational Tools for Makerspaces
A typical makerspace is outfitted with many of the tools needed to fabricate an object: laser cutters, 3D printers, drills, mills, welders, soldering irons, and sewing machines. Tools like these are great for putting materials together, but creators also need tools to observe how these objects behave. This is especially true as we make things […]
Meet Primitive Pete, or How Not to Use Your Tools
[youtube:http://youtu.be/sd2PNHysj7A] 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 character is “Primitive Pete”) […]
Beaver Dad Carves Heirloom on ShopBot
This morning, Tim Wilczynski graduated from MIT, and I have it on good authority that his dad, Vince Wilczynski, “Dean Vince” of the Yale School of Engineering, handed him a beautiful family heirloom—a wooden beaver lovingly carved by a father for his son. It’s not the same hand-carved wooden beaver Tim’s grandfather had presented to Vince […]
Taktia – Digitally Augmented Power Tools
Their goal is to make tools better by injecting smarts but not to go so far as full CNC.