Tape, tape, tape! There are so many different kinds and so many applications. Tape can be used for the jankiest repairs up to near-permanent fastening. Here are some pointers Read more »
Categories: Art & Design, Paper Crafts, Workshop | 5 Comments
Red Bull Creation, a cool DIY competition sponsored by Red Bull, is back with a new challenge for 2013: It’s been three years with three variations of the nation’s favorite 72-hour themed innovation competition and it keeps getting better. Red Bull Creation returns in 2013 with a new challenge, inspiring... Read more »
This week, I interviewed the designer and maker Brendan Dawes for my podcast, Looking Sideways. Brendan's known for early interactive web projects like Psycho Studio, that allows users to remix Hitchcock's famous shower scene themselves. He's also known for his physical projects, such as the Moviepeg and Popa iPhone accessories,... Read more »
Categories: Arduino, Art & Design, Maker Pro, Makers | No Comments
Venice, California-based artist Alex Andre delighted the masses with his simple but stunning Metamorphosis Project interactive installation at Maker Faire Bay Area last weekend. Alex is running a contest in search of folks who shot good footage of the piece at the Faire. Read more »
Categories: Art & Design | 1 Comment
The past decade has seen the sudden, dramatic appearance of community spaces offering public, shared access to high-end manufacturing equipment. These spaces are interchangeably referred to as hackerspaces, makerspaces, TechShops, and FabLabs. This can lead the intended audience to become incredibly confused as to why there might be so many... Read more »
Categories: Education, Hackerspaces, Maker Pro, Makers | 12 Comments
Figuring out how much to charge for your product is the second most common question entrepreneurs ask themselves. The first is of course..."what should I build in the first place.” Assuming you’ve made it past the first question and there is a market for your product, you have to figure... Read more »
Categories: Maker Pro, Electronics | 4 Comments
These whimsical toy animals are the work of the Ocean Sole flip-flop recycling company in Nairobi. The toys they make are created from old flip-flops and other debris that has washed up on the beaches in Kenya. Read more »
Categories: Art & Design, Craft | No Comments
John Cumbers and a team of synthetic biologists are offering a one-day course on the subject in San Francisco. The course is aimed at makers and programmers, and designed to give a comprehensive introduction into synthetic biology. Last week, I learned that we're much closer to DIY synthetic biology than... Read more »
Categories: Education, Science | No Comments
Graphic designer Lucy Sansom turned her sister into a human theremin and then made this video demonstrating how she is played! Read more »
Categories: Art & Design, Electronics, Music | No Comments
The Diyode Codeshield is a fascinating project out of the Diyode hackerspace in Guelph, ON. It’s an Arduino shield loaded with sensors, a buzzer, a motor, LEDs, a rotary encoder, and so on, with the idea that it would help people learn Arduino programming without having to learn about electronics... Read more »
Categories: Education, Arduino | 3 Comments
Instructables user vigothecarpathian adapted a holiday decoration to create a fully functional Beaker puppet that can be used as a traditional puppet but also moves his mouth along with the music when a music player is plugged into him. Beaker-bot, for me is both an excellent puppet for someone like... Read more »
Categories: Music, Electronics | 3 Comments
MAKE Asks: is a weekly column where we ask you, our readers, for responses to maker-related questions. We hope the column sparks interesting conversation and is a way for us to get to know more about each other. Read more »
Categories: Makers, Electronics | 1 Comment
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