Join us Wednesday evening for the next episode of Make: Live, our streaming show and tell! We’re having a Halloween party at MakerBot and we’ll share the best DIY Halloween projects with you live from the festivities.
Continue ReadingYoutube user darkbluedrew made this doggy tank costume, which apparently won a costume competition! The dog is well rewarded with treats. I have since fixed a part of the back of the tank that was hitting his leg. The gun handle trigger controls the lights and sound. [via Buzzfeed]
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A liquid lens is pretty much exactly what it sounds like. The really cool thing about them is that, though they have no moving parts (unless you count the liquid itself), they can achieve a pretty wide range of dynamically-variable focal lengths over a relatively short optical path. When I first read about them, the killer app was supposedly going to be phone cameras.
Continue ReadingJamie of Magic Bean Buyer on Etsy hand painted these rad Super Mario Brothers Shoes. These would have been the perfect pair of shoes for the bride in the Super Mario wedding Lish featured recently. [via @bonniegrrl] More: Super Mario Sweater How-To: Super Mario Papercraft Magnetic Board uper Mario Retro Room uper Mario Fingernails uper […]
Continue ReadingJeffrey Lipton of Fab@Home demonstrates their 3D printing system at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. This open source personal manufacturing machine can print with many different materials from plastic to cookie dough. When used in a classroom, Fab@Home furthers STEM education by making students comfortable with the software, hardware, fabrication, and materials.
Continue ReadingMatt @ MAKE writes: Candy Corn is a long-time staple of Halloween candy. In fact, the sweet treat has been around since the 1880s. In the video above, The Harvard Crimson tests a recipe from The Field Guide to Candy by Anita Chu. Watch to learn how to whip up your own batch of kernels […]
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My favorite interaction was a youngster approaching Jesse Hemminger’s Sauerkraut Powered Robot display at the Pittsburgh Mini Maker Faire, getting a whiff, throwing his hand up to cover his mouth and then ran off instantly.
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