When the Red Bull Creation build days were past, [David] pulled us aside and asked if we wanted to see the mechanical hack he’s been working on. He built this rope braiding machine, which uses 16 ...

If you’ve ever seen a rope-braiding machine in action, you know they’re amazing machines where bobbins of thread whirl and spin in a complex dance to weave the threads under and over each other.

Spin Master has filed a patent for a braiding machine that includes a set of spool shuttles dispensing strands of flexible material under tension. The machine has shuttle stations arranged in a ...