New Video Series: MAKE Inventions with Steve Hoefer

New Video Series: MAKE Inventions with Steve Hoefer

We've got a great new video that debuts today--MAKE: Inventions. You're going to love it. In each episode, host Steve Hoefner tells the story of a landmark invention--from airbags to tumbler lock-- by trying to build it. Steve starts with the original patent and along the way solves the problems... Read more »

By , 2013/05/09 @ 3:55 pm

Categories: Art & Design, Fun & Games, General, Kids & Family, Makers, Photography & Video, Workshop | 6 Comments


3D-Printing Mechanical Hands

3D-Printing Mechanical Hands

This is really cool, a MakerBot Industries-supported 3D printable prosthetic hand project. When Richard Van As, a master carpenter in Johannesburg, South Africa, decided to make a set of mechanical fingers, it wasn’t just for fun. He’d lost four of the fingers on his right hand in an unfortunate work... Read more »

By , 2013/05/09 @ 10:30 am

Categories: 3D Printing, Health | 7 Comments


How to Dye Your 3D Prints

How to Dye Your 3D Prints

Why pay more for colored prints when you can use off-the-shelf dyes to make them any color you want? Atlanta-based designer Colleen Jordan walks us through the simple process of dying 3D Printed parts from Shapeways, or a similar service, in just a few steps. Read more »

By , 2013/05/09 @ 6:00 am

Categories: 3D Printing | 3 Comments


Be a Mint Tin Hero

Be a Mint Tin Hero

After a night of brainstorming, and then another week or so of indecision, maker Brian Dolan settled on making a Guitar-Hero-like rhythm game inside a Trader Joe's mint tin involving a single sensor, an LCD screen, and a small speaker for playing some cheesy music. I play drums, and I... Read more »

By , 2013/05/08 @ 4:16 pm

Categories: Electronics, Arduino | No Comments