Join MAKE at the blog for live blogging on American Inventor, if you’re on IRC hit irc.freenode.net and join #make if you want to chat with other Makers as the show airs. I’m not sure what to expect, MAKE covered the auditions and a lot of the new Maker-made sites afterwards but it’s still a […]
Compatta writes – “Did you ever want a steadicam that perhaps actually looked and acted like the steadicam the pros use? Well, my easy steadicam design involves no cutting of metals and the hardest things are perhaps cutting pvc and cutting wood (which in fact we all love). I tried to build one with strings, […]
Ablaka writes – “There has been quite a bit of buzz recently surrounding so-called “portable apps”. Portable storage devices such as USB flash sticks (and to a lesser extend, micro HD drives) are dropping rapidly in price/GB, so why just store stuff on them? There’s even an industry consortium to promote a standard to facilitate […]
Article about some Makers from the Makers book! – “Tonight, the Simon Cowell-produced “American Inventor” TV show will do for backyard tinkerers what “American Idol” did for people who sing in the shower. Thousands of inventors from around the nation will compete for $1 million. But to find real innovation, you don’t have to travel […]
Great write up and links to a lot of fun (and free) games – “Each year some of the hottest independent games are featured at the Independent Games Festival (IGF) during the Game Developers Conference. GDC kicks off next week, and we’ll be there in full force. But before things get heavy, GameSpy and FilePlanet […]
Tons of great suggestions on finding (and building) a cheap oscilloscope from the MAKE forums – Link.
Incredible solider figures made from lots of wire – the photos are a good how-to for making your own! – [via] Link.
