http://www.fastcoexist.com/embed/89099ca915d05 NEWS FROM THE FUTURE – Ketchup That Doesn’t Get Stuck In The Bottle… When it comes to those last globs of ketchup inevitably stuck to every bottle of Heinz, most people either violently shake the container in hopes of eking out another drop or two, or perform the “secret” trick: smacking the “57″ logo [...]

Posted by Phillip Torrone | May 25th, 2012 3:00 PM

Categories: News from the Future | 3 Comments

From Jeff Skierka Designs comes this scaled-up handmade mixtape coffee table. From Jeff's site:

This coffee table is a 12:1 scaled replica of a cassette tape. It is made of reclaimed maple, walnut and lucite. Dimensions are 47.25" x 30" x 5" with a 3/8" plexi top. This is a first prototype and one of a kind table. Future versions will be CNC machined out of high grade plywood with a variety of ply combinations and a glass top. This table has been an obsession of mine for 5 years! It is amazing to finally have it come to fruition. The table is completely reversible (sides A and B).

Posted by Michael Colombo | May 25th, 2012 12:00 PM

Categories: Design, Retro, Woodworking | 3 Comments

Instructables member mikeasaurus wrote in with his Airsoft Soldering Gun project, which adds the guts of a cordless soldering iron to an airsoft pistol, with the battery held in the clip! A soldering gun is a pistol-shaped soldering tool, named for their rough appearance to a firearm. Why settle for an approximation when you can [...]

Posted by John Baichtal | May 25th, 2012 11:30 AM

Categories: hacks, Soldering | 4 Comments

This is one of my favorite stories of an eleventh-hour save of a Maker Faire project. Makers Sophi Kravitz and Ollie Tanner built an 8′ bar graph that indicates the signal strength of nearby cell phones. It worked great at home, but not so much at the San Mateo Fairground: Since the idea of the [...]

Posted by John Edgar Park | May 25th, 2012 9:30 AM

Categories: Electronics, Maker Faire, Telecommunications | 6 Comments

A lot of what we do at ITP aligns well with the maker community, but understandably, not everybody is in the position to go to a two year graduate program. But if you're in NYC this summer and are looking to get a taste of what ITP is all about, take a look at ITP Camp.

Posted by Matt Richardson | May 25th, 2012 8:30 AM

Categories: Events | 2 Comments

Bill Hammack is back! I am pleased beyond measure to present the first video in Engineer Guy Series #4, in which Bill Hammack and his Engineer Guy production team at the University of Illinois unravel the key technology of digital photography: the charge-coupled device.

Posted by Sean Ragan | May 25th, 2012 7:30 AM

Categories: Education, Video, Video Making | 3 Comments

In July 2004, Astronaut Mike Fincke melted some solder aboard the International Space Station. The behavior of the solder in zero gravity is fascinating to watch.

Posted by Laura Cochrane | May 25th, 2012 7:00 AM

Categories: Physics, Science | 7 Comments

I love kvanb’s Lego recreation of Theo Janssen’s Rhinoceros Strandbeest mobile sculpture. Janssen even approved the model, and it’s 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 [...]

Posted by John Baichtal | May 25th, 2012 7:00 AM

Categories: Art & Design, LEGO | No Comments

Everybody's favorite slingshot aficionado, Jörg Sprave, is at it again. Got an old set of steak knives sitting around the house collecting dust? Why not turn them into a battery-powered whirligig of doom? Using a battery powered drill, some MDF, and a timing belt, Jörg constructed one mean looking rotary slicer.

Posted by Adam Flaherty | May 25th, 2012 2:00 AM

Categories: Woodworking | 5 Comments

Good old red-blue anaglyphic 3D works on ordinary screens, can be printed using any color printer, and requires only super-cheap glasses for viewing. Steve White wanted to see how cheaply he could build a digital camera rig for creating red-blue 3D stills and video. His goals included real-time preview ability, focus and parallax control, and [...]

Posted by Goli Mohammadi | May 24th, 2012 6:00 PM

Categories: DIY Projects, Kids & Family, Video Making | 4 Comments