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 »
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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 »
Great modular robot project that needs just a bit of a bump in its last few days on Kickstarter. Read more »
In the previous installment of Prototypes that Last, we investigated several simple, powerful ways of predicting and improving the load limits of the parts you make. That’s pretty cool, but we have conveniently overlooked the fact that the elastic deformation of mechanical components can sometimes become a problem long before... Read more »
The folks from Tested have released a practical guide to the most common Arduino boards, that also includes a cameo of the Make: Special Edition Arduino Uno. Projects demoed include a countdown timer, motorized turret, handheld pong gaming device, and Arduino Robot. Read more »
Raleigh-Durham's largest newspaper features Maker Faire North Carolina and maker Dean Segovis' new robot, Photon. Read more »
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