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MAKE In This Issue... Make Whirly Brushbots from Toothbrushes Bringing Xiphactinus Back to Life More Recent Articles Make Whirly Brushbots from Toothbrushes Using little more than a vibrating motor and the snipped-off head of a toothbrush, you can make these colorful brushbots. Check out this video tutorial to learn how to do this quick and fun project. You can buy the kit in the Maker Shed, and learn how to put it together on Make: Projects! Download the m4v video directly, or watch it on YouTube. More: Steerable Bristlebot Bristlebot Raceway Build a Bristlebot to Clean up your Apartment   • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • • Bringing Xiphactinus Back to Life While developing the second phase of their Cretaceous Sea Exhibition, The Hastings Museum in Hastings, NE commissioned a life-size model of a Xiphactinus from Gary Staab, a paleo artist based in Kearney, MO. The Xiphactinus was a large predator fish that lived in the Western Interior Sea during the late Cretaceous Period and skeletal remains of this “X-fish” have been found in many parts of North America, Europe, and Australia. Luckily for us, Gary and his team documented the painstakingly detailed process of creating the life-like model in the excellent video above. [Thanks, Jo!]   • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • • More Recent Articles NEWS FROM THE FUTURE – United States Postal Service Scares You Turning A One-Piece Wooden Lamp Shade From a Tree Section Kitchen Backsplash Counts out 159 Digits of Pi Seriously Overengineered Mousetrap In the Maker Shed: Tiny Cylon Kit

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