Woodworking has always been fascinating to me. Just think of all the hard work that goes into creating perfect wooden objects. I’m especially intrigued when the objects are super tiny. It takes an ...

Here is another fun homemade iPhone dock for today, the Wooden Automata iPhone Dock. The Wooden Automata iPhone Dock uses a hand crank system to switch the iPhone from landscape to portrait mode, ...

No glue, no tools, and no microprocessors are required to assemble your own simple robot using The Designing Automata Kit, available in the west thanks to the MAKE Store. See it as a complex ...

We love the artistry of paper mechanisms. Simple tools and techniques creating humor, beauty, and amazement. [Federico Tobon] from [Wolfcat Workshop] makes amazing automata, crosses between cut paper ...

Lisa Slater’s automata pieces combine her eye for the unusual and the humorous with her love of handcrafting wood at her Hebden Bridge workshop. She talks to Stephanie Smith. Pictures by Bruce ...

Each of David C. Roy's kinetic wood scuptures is a self-contained technological marvel, a clockwork river leaking entropy with immeasurable grace and elegance. There are no batteries, no hidden cords, ...