MAKE is looking for enthusiasts in 3D printing, scanning, and CNC to help expand our coverage of this dynamic field online and in the magazine . We're looking for contributors with their ears to ground who can write about trends, industry developments, new technologies, and the latest applications of all... Read more »
A few years ago we solicited input from readers, staff, and our community for little nuggets of fatherly wisdom. It's a great list. But the thing about dads is they've alway good more pearls of wisdom. So I'd like to start a new list of great maker tips from dad.... Read more »
Our Dale Dougherty tours the recent UK Maker Faire, and shows how the Maker Movement is thriving and growing all over the world. Read more »
A look at Gilberto Esparza's latest project, the Fuel Cell Symphony, which converts water samples and the unique bacterial agents contained therein into audio. Esparza refers to his art-meets-science setup as "DJ Microscope." Read more »
Here is a video of my 2013 Distinguished Speaker talk at SXSW EDU in Austin, TX. In this talk, I wanted to contrast formal and informal learning, and point out that informal learning is a kind of magic. Read more »
Until nontoxic, biodegradable, single-use, disposable socks become a reality, everyone has to do the laundry. And for many this is a pain. Besides the obvious time sink, laundry can be fairly resource intensive. However, with this simple DIY project, you can dramatically cut down the cost of cleaning your clothes... Read more »
We talked about them back in MAKE issue 31, and we also had them on Maker Camp last year as part of our field trip to the NASA Neuroscience Lab, but now they have a Kickstarter project for the first commercially available cyborg. Read more »
Los Angeles-based artist Mike Stilkey likes to experiment with the canvases he chooses for his whimsical paintings, including vintage paper, record covers, book pages, and most interestingly on hardcover books themselves. In a previous interview, Stilkey says: I was painting on book pages for forever, and actually published a book... Read more »
EMSL’s Windell Oskay plays around with solder paste, the er, soldering medium in paste form used in attaching surface mount components to PCBs. The part that particularly fascinated me was when Windell zoomed in on some paste with his microscope, revealing a multitude of tiny balls of solder suspended in... Read more »
The humble can opener might seem like an obvious invention today, but it took 50 years from the tin can's invention to the very first can opener. Before then a hungry person had to use whatever tools were available, from bayonets to rocks. Over the last 150 years there have... Read more »
June’s Component of the Month is the diode, and a 7-segment display actually consists of seven light-emitting diodes! So, why not matrix them up? Skot Croshere built a matrix out of 512 7-segment displays: he calls it the DigitGrid: The DigitGrid is an array of seven-segment displays. There are 4096... Read more »
With the use of a deep frier and a little liquid nitrogen, Instructables technology editor Randy Sarafan managed to create a deep fried ice cream sandwich, which he claims is one of the most delicious things he's ever eaten, and then he generously wrote a tutorial about how he did... Read more »
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