brains

Learn the “MacGyver Secret” to Problem Solving Under Pressure

Lee D. Zlotoff

Lee D. Zlotoff is a writer/producer/director among whose numerous credits is creator of MacGyver. He is also president of Custom Image Concepts (

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October 18th, 2016October 17th, 2016

Lee David Zlotoff, creator of MacGyver, knows a thing or two about problem solving under pressure and his new book offers insight to the process.

How-To: Chilled Monkey Brain Cake

Andrew Salomone

Artist, writer, and teacher who makes work about popular culture, technology, and traditional craft processes. http://www.andrewsalomone.com

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September 25th, 2013 0

If you grew up in the 80s, then you probably had the image of chilled monkey brains seared into your own brain by Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom. Well, now you can recreate your childhood horror with this spectacular Chilled Monkey Brain Cake tutorial.

aKNITomy

By Sean Michael Ragan

Sean Michael Ragan

I am descended from 5,000 generations of tool-using primates. Also, I went to college and stuff. I am a long-time contributor to MAKE magazine and makezine.com. My work has also appeared in ReadyMade, c't – Magazin für Computertechnik, and The Wall Street Journal.

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April 22nd, 2010 8

Emily knits soft, cozy depictions of realistic anatomical subjects. She says: I really like taking objects or concepts that many people (including myself, sometimes) are squeamish about and recreating them out of materials that many of the same people think are cozy and inviting. Shown uppermost is her Bisected Human Head. The brains were knit […]

Big box of ADHD

By Patti Schiendelman

Patti Schiendelman

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January 19th, 2009 0

Meagan sent us a link to her Big Box of ADHD project. I think it would be a super way to help kids (and grownups) organize their brains and ideas.

Thingamajigger – Ionization Clock

By Becky Stern

Becky Stern

Becky Stern is a Content Creator at Autodesk/Instructables, and part time faculty at New York’s School of Visual Arts Products of Design grad program. Making and sharing are her two biggest passions, and she's created hundreds of free online DIY tutorials and videos, mostly about technology and its intersection with crafts. Find her @bekathwia on YouTube/Twitter/Instagram.

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June 15th, 2008 0

I stopped in at Thingamajigger Friday night, it was great! John Medina effortlessly held the crowd’s attention while he talked about attention, Dan Savage told us how tech has ruined his life, I talked to Hazard Factory’s Rusty Oliver about optimum sanding belt grit size for the best power tool drag racer traction, Beth Goza […]

BRAINWAVE exhibit @ Exit Art

By Collin Cunningham

Collin Cunningham

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March 27th, 2008 0

Two interesting pieces from Exit Art gallery’s BRAINWAVE: Common Senses show – Alvin is a cellular automaton. Eight different cells produce sound. The sound one cell produces is determined by what sound the other cells are making. This kind of interrelated input and output scheme is an artificial neural network; a simulation of a brain. […]