Hey Makers, remember when MAKE visited Japan in late 2007? Well, we did and one of the goals was to bring back some amazing kits for our Maker store, and we did! From Gakken’s Sophisticated Science Kit for Adults, the Stirling Engine kit is as majestic as a piece of art, and is used to […]
Regine at We Make Money Not Art has a nice review of the Pricked: Extreme Embroidery show up at the Museum of Art and Design in New York. If you’re not in the area, this is a great way to get a good overview of the amazing works on display in this show. Related: Pricked: […]
Gregory at Apartment Therapy LA shows us how to make this attractive cover for those wily extension cords you probably have laying about. You can whip these up with a few simple supplies like empty toilet paper rolls and wrapping paper. Cord Holder
J. Eric Townsend, of Dorkbot Pittsburgh, wanted to make sure folks here knew about their March meeting: March 20, 2008, 7:30-9:30pm. They meet at Brillobox, located at 4104 Penn Ave (at Main) in the Bloomfield neighborhood of Pittsburgh, PA. Jia Ji, Touchtown. Jia is the Director of Product Management for Dancetown, a dance-based digital fitness […]
Ever wondered how designers make those polished 3D PCB renderings? Flickr user Rob sheds some light on the issue with the comparison seen above – Comparison of a virtual board and a real board, designed in Eagle and rendered using the amazing Eagle3D by Matthias Weißer, which creates files for POV-Ray. It’s like seeing the […]
Here’s a new instructable I made for fffffatlab on how to create embroidery designs using images on your computer screen. The resulting grafitti tag style patches are also for sale in the fffffat etsy shop.
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with this delicious cupcake recipe from Big City, Little Kitchen. The cake (adapted from Nigella Lawson’s Feast) features rich Guinness stout in the batter and is topped with a cream cheese glaze. So delish! Guiness Cupcake Recipe
