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...
Posted by Michael Colombo | Tuesday April 30th, 2013 12:00 PM
Categories: Makers, Electronics | 1 Comment
Jesse needs to build a drivetrain for his homemade zoetrope. Ask MAKE is here to help him out.
Posted by Michael Colombo | Thursday January 24th, 2013 12:00 PM
Categories: Science, Makers | 7 Comments
Way back in the 17th Century German scientist Otto von Guericke demonstrated the power of vacuum forming by joining two steel half domes that two teams of horses pulling in...
Posted by Stett Holbrook | Sunday December 30th, 2012 4:49 PM
Categories: Science | 2 Comments
Dutch glass crasftman Ramon Vink runs a studio called Poelgeest Glass. Using modern lampworking techniques and tools, he makes scientific apparatus and artistic pieces like this Klein bottle, the forming...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Monday December 17th, 2012 6:07 PM
Categories: Science | 5 Comments
I took some time to talk to Marcele Godoy about how she uses 3D printing in the context of being an architect.
Posted by Michael Colombo | Wednesday December 12th, 2012 12:00 PM
Categories: Science, 3D Printing | 1 Comment
Remy at Spanish-language tech site Geektopia is a Raspberry Pi enthusiast with access to a thermal imager. Sounds like my kind of guy.
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Thursday December 6th, 2012 12:10 PM
Categories: Raspberry Pi, Science | 5 Comments
The Nerdy Derby is a Pinewood Derby-inspired no-rules* car building and racing competition brought to you by students from NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program. The first Nerdy Derby will take place...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Wednesday August 29th, 2012 3:00 AM
Categories: Fun & Games, Home, Kids & Family, Science, Woodworking | 1 Comment
So cool. Click through for higher rez. “Being a map of physics, containing a brief historical outline of the subject as will be of interest to physicists, students, laymen at...
Posted by John Baichtal | Tuesday August 28th, 2012 8:30 AM
Categories: Science | 2 Comments
Chris Cprek of Louisville’s LVL1 hackerspace demonstrates a EEG-controlled machine that blows up watermelons. Brad and I created Mind over Melon. Ever since I was a boy, I’ve dreamed of...
Posted by John Baichtal | Friday August 24th, 2012 8:00 AM
Categories: Electronics, Hackerspaces, Science | 2 Comments
Here, friends and neighbors, is the eighth and final video of Engineer Guy series #4. The element of the week is called 'plumbum' in Latin, abbreviated to 'Pb' on the...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Thursday July 5th, 2012 1:00 PM
Categories: Electronics, Science | 2 Comments
A tachyon walks into a bar. The bartender says “Hey buddy, not so fast.” Happy 4th of July, everybody! I celebrated today along with the rest of America: by hanging...
Posted by Gillian BenAry | Wednesday July 4th, 2012 10:22 PM
Categories: Energy, Science | 6 Comments
The elements of the week are tungsten and thorium, which are alloyed to make the filament in the special type of vacuum tube—called a magnetron—that produces radiation in your microwave...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Tuesday June 26th, 2012 7:41 AM
Categories: Education, Science | 4 Comments
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