I make cool stuff and write about other people making cool stuff on makezine.com. If you have something you think I should see, send me a tip. View more articles by Adam Flaherty Subscriber RocketGuy tipped us off to this EPFL School of Engineering project involving a fleet of swarming flying robots. Using an ant-inspired swarming algorithm running on a Linux SBC, this network of swarming micro ai

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com. View more articles by Gareth Branwyn

This photo sculpture by Canadian artist Susy Olivera creates a 3D polygon person with photos and foam. This particular piece is called “Time is Never Wasted” and resembles a dead body from a video game like Grand Theft Auto or similar. Susy Oliveira via Neatorama

current: @adafruit - previous: MAKE, popular science, hackaday, engadget, fallon, braincraft ... howtoons, 2600... View more articles by Phillip Torrone Nice round up of what 3D printers can do now… via BtB. The concept of custom manufacturing is exciting to nearly everyone, but it always seems to be something that will happen in the “futureâ€�. Gibson was right and the following list of applica

current: @adafruit - previous: MAKE, popular science, hackaday, engadget, fallon, braincraft ... howtoons, 2600... View more articles by Phillip Torrone The first wave farm is open for biz, er, waving… The world’s first commercial wave farm went live at the end of September in Agucadoura, located off the coast of northern Portugal. Designed by Pelamis Wave Power, the farm employs three Wave Ener

current: @adafruit - previous: MAKE, popular science, hackaday, engadget, fallon, braincraft ... howtoons, 2600... View more articles by Phillip Torrone Here’s an fascinating gallery of people who made clothing from their dog’s hair (dogs also pictured)… There seems to be enough interest in this that there’s a book on it too “Knitting with dog hair” via CRAFT. I’m impressed, a great use of dog hai

Dug North directs our attention toward this interesting collection of mechanical paper-mades – This new Paper Locksmith Collection from Flying-Pig Paper Animation Kits includes a twelve page booklet about locks and locksmithing. You also get three working paper lock models to download, print, and build: a Combination Lock, a Cylinder Lock, and a Warded Lock. On top of the obvious papercraft fun –

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com. View more articles by Gareth Branwyn

Pretty sure this one’s a “today-only” sale item – This innovative lock is designed by Art Lebedev Studio… responsible for the amazing Optimus Maximus keyboard with a tiny screen on each key. Constructed of 100% titanium alloy, nothing less than a level forty-two spell of ultimate cutting will break the Defendius lock open. Really, just look at it: no one is getting out easily. You’ll have to guide

From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Wow – Flickr user Kap4001 removed the displays from 5 laptops just to . . . wait, no he didn’t – Every screen is showing exactly whats behind it – relative to the camera, which was on a tripod. The most difficult task was to convince the old powerbook 180 to show a simple jpeg.. netscape navigator 3 did it. Man, why do I always fall for that one? – see-trough laptop