Bay Area Makers, MAKE will be at this event, hopefully filming! – “Experience this quintessentially San Francisco art experience, an exciting and incendiary exhibition of innovative and inspiring fire art! Ranging in nature from meditative and quietly interactive to spectacular, high-tech and utterly indefinable – these featured works of art and choreographed fire performances are […]
FrankG writes with his DIY HVAC for small greenhouse (part 2) assembled from scavanged parts – Link. Previous: Solar chimney project – Link.
Steve writes “Using a defiant frame, and Harley-Davidson running gear, you can build your own mega-scooter. Just add sheetmetal.” – Kit & build in progress.
The Exploratorium has a simple how to on making a telescope using reading glasses – “You’re about to make a telescope. One lens of the reading glasses will serve as the objective lens of the telescope–the lens that gathers light from stars or other objects. The magnifying glass will be the eyepiece. This telescope won’t […]
Syuzi Pakchyan’s Bracelets are stylish and techy. They use conductive thread and conductive velcro so that putting them on is the switch for turning them on! Click here to get the video (MP4) delivered automatically with iTunes. This video will play on PC/Mac/Linux/PSPs and iPod video devices – Link.
Westfw writes – “You can use the top of an old 9V battery as a 9V battery clip for assorted electronics projects. Here’s how to make a nice wire-lead version…” – Link.
Last year, MAKE magazine approached “MakingThings” to create the MAKE Controller Kit, a next-generation family of modular, programmable controller boards. We were delighted, and we’re even more delighted to announce that the kit is now available! The kit appears in MAKE 06 and it’s now available in our store! Wide-ranging fields have been revolutionized — […]
