Make: Daily In This Issue... The Thread Wrapping Machine Engadget's Expand Conference Recognizes the Importance of Makers Xu Bing Turns Construction Remnants into 12-Ton Phoenixes Get on the Road to Maker Faire Challenge Before it's Too Late Pedal Power: The Quest for the 100 MPH Bicycle More Recent Articles The Thread Wrapping Machine Designer Anton Alvarez has conjured up a fascinating contraption for joining materials together with thread and glue called The Thread Wrapping Machine. Read more on MAKE      • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • Engadget's Expand Conference Recognizes the Importance of Makers The popular tech site's first conference included a number of faces familiar to Make, including our own Mark Frauenfelder, and DIY Drones chief Chris Anderson. Read more on MAKE      • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • Xu Bing Turns Construction Remnants into 12-Ton Phoenixes Chinese artist Xu Bing spent two years creating his newest work, Phoenix, a pair of 12-ton phoenix sculptures made entirely from scrap Bing culled from construction sites in China. Read more on MAKE      • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • Get on the Road to Maker Faire Challenge Before it's Too Late Makers are always coming up with quite fascinating projects that redefine what is possible in the everyday world. Read more on MAKE      • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • Pedal Power: The Quest for the 100 MPH Bicycle England's Tom Donhou makes some beautiful hand-built road and mountain bike frames. He got the idea to put his handiwork into action build (and pilot) a bike that could reach 100 miles per hour on the flats. Working in his shop and with England's Royce he build a rocket of a bike with a monster front chain ring nearly as big as his wheels. !He was inspired by the homebuilt cars roaring across the salt flats of Utah. There are no salt flats in the U.K. so he choose a two-mile WWII-era runway. But his quest didn't stop there. The short documentary below documents his efforts and those of his collaborators. It's a great story of ingenuity, daring, and the maker spirit. Read more on MAKE      • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • More Recent Articles Maker Shed is Ready to Rock at Maker Faire Detroit Shadowrun, Atlantic City, and the ups and Downs of Kickstarter DANGER! MAKE Volume 35 now on Sale: Are you Safe? Adafruit's Punk LED Collar Better 3D Imaging Aids Surgery for Deep Brain Stimulation

 

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