What better way to celebrate Earth Day than with a flashback to some clean, green wind-powered goodness. Back in MAKE Volume 05, Abe and Josie Connally shared a detailed DIY...
Posted by Goli Mohammadi | Wednesday April 22nd, 2009 4:17 PM
Categories: Energy | 17 Comments
Here’s the simplest design I’ve found for my favorite type of turbine. Check out Otherpower for a discussion on sourcing suitable motors, and see Makezine’s plans for the Chispito for...
Posted by Luke Iseman | Saturday December 20th, 2008 7:29 AM
Categories: Energy | No Comments
Brian sends this about The Back Shed, a great site with info about windmills and renewable energy. There is an excellent page about getting started with windmills. Particularly interesting isthe...
Posted by Chris Connors | Thursday December 11th, 2008 3:12 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Craft, Electronics, Energy, General, Open Source Hardware | No Comments
This wind-driven sculpture is by Jeffery Laudenslager - I love the shapes it makes and how it plays with perspective. The sound of the ocean is really peaceful, too.
Posted by Becky Stern | Monday August 11th, 2008 11:16 AM
Categories: Art & Design, Energy | 3 Comments
Reuse a crashed hard drive or two for a set of wind chimes. Easy to make and sound great. Thanks go to Thomas Arey for the original article in Make...
Posted by kipkayvideos | Tuesday July 22nd, 2008 1:44 PM
Categories: Energy, General | 4 Comments
Reuse a crashed hard drive or two for a set of wind chimes. Easy to make and sound great. From Make Volume 12 by Thomas Arey. View the PDF
Posted by kipkayvideos | Tuesday July 22nd, 2008 1:31 PM
Categories: Energy, General | No Comments
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Ranjit from Brooklyn created this pleasant device and displayed it at the recent Figment Festival – seems a prime candidate to replace the windchime,...
Posted by Collin Cunningham | Monday June 30th, 2008 7:40 AM
Categories: Energy, Fun & Games, Music | No Comments
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