Motorized propeller beanie by Thaed

It’s long been held that “With great power comes great responsibility.”  You see, there is a reason scientists aren’t trying to find a way to make sharks fly. ¹  Some things were just not meant to be.  Like flying dogs with motorized beanies.

Seriously though, mad props to Thaed for this cool new puppy accessory.

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1. Or, trying to graft lasers onto dinosaurs [↩]

Earthquake!

As many of you are aware, the eastern seaboard was rocked by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake this afternoon.  Luckily, 5.8 is big enough to cause just that…a fairly gentle rocking, unless you were very close to the epicenter near Richmond, VA.  Luckily, damage reports are light thus far.

Nevertheless, it’s pretty strange to experience any kind of earthquake here in New York, and a few people freaked out.  Luckily, cooler heads prevailed on Thingiverse.   Take Thaed, who has designed a device that can tell you if there’s actually an earthquake, or if you’re just dizzy.

I hope all the earthquakes our readers experience are in the range that require a device like this.  Seeing the calamities in Japan and Haiti make me very glad that we can laugh this one off.  They’re still rebuilding after both those disasters; donations to UNICEF, the Red Cross, or Doctors Without Borders (among many others) will do good there.

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Thaed's poop

Look, I’m not proud of this either.  But, such are the obligations of fatherhood.

A 3D printer could be used to print parts to fix the International Space Station, help prototype an invention that will save lives or be the next great iAccessory, and… now, plastic poop too.

Thaed, I salute you – not so much because you printed digital poop, but because you didn’t shy away from your fatherly obligations to do so.

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