When I visited the Open Source Ecology farm in Missouri earlier this year, I met an impressive young Canadian named Yoonseo Kang. I wasn’t quite expecting to meet an 18-year-old who would tell me that “the heart of economic democracy is decentralized productive power spread throughout the populace.” Kang had finished high school in Mississauga, [...]

Posted by Jon Kalish | May 16th, 2012 12:30 PM

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Ben Light has really been getting into working with the CNC machine, and it shows with his latest creation the Turn Table Lamp. The user simply spins this plywood lamp to adjust the brightness. At first I thought there were some electronics involved to achieve this, but it's actually done with a pair of polarizing lenses -- a simple technique that yields a beautiful effect.

Posted by Michael Colombo | May 16th, 2012 12:00 PM

Categories: Desktop Manufacturing, DIY Projects, Home Decor | No Comments

I’m sure you’ll see more than a few MakerBot Replicators when you come to the Bay Area Maker Faire this weekend. You’ll kick yourself later if you don’t check out their Robot Petting Zoo. If you make 3D Printers and will be at the Maker Faire, feel free to drop me a line at swallace@oreilly.com. [...]

Posted by Shawn Wallace | May 16th, 2012 11:30 AM

Categories: 3D Printing, Desktop Manufacturing, Maker Faire | 2 Comments

Way cool! This weekend several Resistor members worked together with The Last Shuttle Project and the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum to install a time lapse camera near Hangar 12 at JFK to record the demating operation of the Space Shuttle Enterprise (OV101) from the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. [thanks, Trammell!]

Posted by John Baichtal | May 16th, 2012 7:00 AM

Categories: Earth Science, Photography, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

A parade of pedal-powered maker contraptions and a reception for artists junk boats takes place this Saturday in Far Rockaway, Queens.

Posted by Nick Normal | May 16th, 2012 3:30 AM

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Clever junktech from the folks at Austin Creative Reuse, spotted at last Saturday's Austin Mini Maker Faire, where this simple machine was keeping a lot of kids engaged, for a long time, at very low cost.

Posted by Sean Ragan | May 15th, 2012 10:51 PM

Categories: Education, Green, Kids | No Comments

Kimwipes are lab-grade tissues that are indispensable for cleaning delicate parts and for light-duty workshop use.

Posted by Stuart Deutsch | May 15th, 2012 8:30 PM

Categories: Toolbox, Tools, Workshop & Tools | 8 Comments

Bunch of Amateurs by Jack Hitt hits the stands today. A contributing editor to This American Life, Hitt's book argues that the "DIY impulse" and "amateur collaborations" are rooted in "the soul of America."

Posted by Nick Normal | May 15th, 2012 4:30 PM

Categories: Authors, Books and Magazines | 253 Comments

It’s hard to ignore the popularity of pizza and animated GIFs on the internet, especially on social networking sites like Tumblr. The Pizzoetrope is a device that brings pizza, animated GIFs, and social networking together in one elegant dish. As the name suggests, The Pizzoetrope is basically a zoetrope that is created on a pizza by using the toppings [...]

Posted by Andrew Salomone | May 15th, 2012 2:30 PM

Categories: Art & Design, Uncategorized | 4 Comments

Coming is June, CRAFT, our popular go-to site for the crafting community, will be moving over to makezine.com. We've always felt as though crafting was just another type of making. As we've moved our content management deeper into WordPress, it makes sense for us to move our craft content over to the makezine.com domain and to treat it as one of the key content areas that we plan on building out as we move forward.

Posted by Gareth Branwyn | May 15th, 2012 1:31 PM

Categories: Announcements, CRAFT, Crafts | 5 Comments