Trebuchet03 has a good “getting started” article for those interested in Hydroponics – “What is hydroponics? Basically, growing plants without the use of a traditional dirt medium and using a nutrient rich water solution. Those mediums range from fiberglass to sand and from fired clay balls to nothing at all. Several branches of hyrdoponics include […]
Here’s how to make a simple/fun/portable/desk toy ROMP “(Random Oscillating Magnetnetic Pendulum)” from a mint tin – Link. Related: Another ROMP (Random Oscillating Magnetnetic Pendulum) – Link. More Altoids/Mint tin projects and how-tos – Link & archives.
MAKE pal Robert writes – “We just had our third Make:Philly meeting last night and I gave a presentation on: “Make Your Own Robots: Integrating and Controlling Popular Electronics and Robotics kits with Adobe Flash” I showed off BlueMelons BlueSense Kit, MakingThings Telo kit- talked about the new Make Kit and Vex, demonstrated a LEGO […]
Check it out, Nat posted up the Maker fest line up for EuroOSCON on September 20th… Make Magazine once again hosts Make Fest, an evening of inspiration, know-how, and spirited mischief-making. Expert makers share their projects, creations, and dirty little secrets. Embrace the technology in your life–join in, roll up your sleeves, and tweak technology […]
A few months ago, I got a chance to go visit Ernie Fosselius’ workshop with some of my peers at Make: and it was great to hang out with Ernie as he shared his work with us. Ernie makes automatons, puppets, and human powered machines that are clever and fun. Besides showing his work, there […]
Tim shows you how to make a hand cranked docu-shredder, he writes – “This hand cranked paper shredder is really satisfying. It’s on a cool double-drawerslide disappearing bracket. It sounds like loading a machinegun when you pull it out. Once someone starts shredding you can’t stop them til the scrap paper is all gone.” – […]
I saw this at Burning Man (called the Cubatron) and it was incredible, Ryan writes – “These guys just came back from Burning man, having created the worlds largest true 3D display with a bunch of programmable LED strands. And now they’re selling them, along with a USB controller box so you can program to […]
