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The USS Sharkette
was built by Paul Csonka, Kseniya Charova, Cameron Schaeffer, Jane Huang, and me in April 2011. The photos here were taken by Paul Csonka and Lewis Hom.
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The Chaka Stata
was an exercise in building an Incan rope bridge in as traditional a manner as possible. My classmates and I spent much of our Spring 2007 term twisting twine into two-ply cords and cords into thick...
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Good skirts
for dancing seem to be surprisingly difficult to find, so I have taken to making my own. I really like this one. It spins well and has convenient pockets.
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An inexpensive iPhone dock
hacked out of a paper bowl has substantially improved my office setup. Now I can easily keep tabs on the music playing over the Sonos system and keep the charger cable hidden and out of the way....
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A pile of pennies
and even more business cards inspired this “coin maze”. It has two inputs and one switch, for three possible penny trajectories.
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Shortbraid and other geometric cookies
What happens when you combine three recreational math artists with a fantastic pastry chef? Last weekend, Vi Hart, Gwen Fisher, Ruth Fisher and I got together to try this experiment. Ruth provided...
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Introducing the Tip Palindromator
It’s surprising to me how many people I know have independently taken to tipping such that the total is palindromic. The reasons for doing so are simple enough: It’s entertaining (for you and for the...
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Polly wants a Parrotohedron
Last week, I looked out the window of my office and saw a parrot. Two of them actually. Apparently San Francisco is home to a wild colony of escaped (released?) Cherry Headed Conures. There is even a...
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Hair Tie 120-cell
Image by Lucas Garron About two years ago, I decided to make a 120-cell out of hair bands. I had just come back from Gathering for Gardner 10, where I had helped my friend Zach Abel build a cool, giant...
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Overshadowed by the Packaging
If companies wanted to be serious about getting even slightly more environmentally friendly (and save themselves money as well), they really ought to consider using less packaging. The amount of...
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