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 | 19 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 | 5 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 | 1 Comment
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 | 2 Comments
Pierre Villeneuve attached five hobby servos to a Lego model, controlled with a motor control board board and a RasPi. This is a nice way of controlling a Lego robot without needing to use Lego’s robotics components! I initially tried to control my servos directly from the Raspberry Pi through... Read more »
Categories: Robotics, Raspberry Pi | No Comments
The magic of Maker Faire is spreading, and the excitement around the maker movement is getting noticed. Today's example is a piece penned by the LA Times' Chris O'Brien, who attended the Bay Area Maker Faire this last weekend, and like so many others, came away thrilled and optimistic. Read more »
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What's an antidote to too much time spent online? Joe Sandor's answer was making something with your hands and spending face-to-face time with friends. It was the social aspect of making and eating crepes that originally inspired the Captain Crepe Pan. That success lead this sculptor to his second adventure... Read more »
Categories: Crowdfunding, Food & Beverage, Maker Pro | No Comments
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