Adam Savage sits down with Lorne Peterson, one of the original model makers hired at Industrial Light and Magic in 1975, and the conversation quickly turns to the practical choices that gave the ships their worn, functional look. Peterson shows off a rare Darth Vader service award he received after forty years with the company, […]
Alvaro Arbeloa has been handed a hefty fine (Picture: REUTERS) The Football Association has handed Fulham manager Alvaro Arbeola a £25,000 fine for his comments about the referee after the Premier League draw with Manchester United last month. The fine comes with a warning from the FA after Arbeloa was charged with ‘acting in an […]
Silk bends, slips, and changes shape the moment a fingertip presses a little too hard. In Suzhou, master embroiderer Fu Xianghong spent a session teaching AGILINK’s OmniHand 3 Ultra the opening moves of a craft that runs back more than 2,500 years: separating a main silk thread into 16 finer strands, threading a needle, stretching […]
Diorama111, a DIY maker from Japan, has spent many hours squeezing motors, lights, and controllers into models that no larger than a matchbox. His latest project is a 1/48 model narrow-gauge battery locomotive on 9 mm track that has its own power, lighting, and enough onboard electronics to perform a short shuttle without the need […]