One of our readers sent in this interesting project. The Sun Gun is a device that allows you to see the sun without melting your retinas. This looks like a cool project to make for the kids. I wanted a solar scope, safe and portable, for group sun spot viewing. The designs I looked at […]
In the spirit of Halloween, and all things chocolate, I bring you DIY chocolate making. This is the real deal people, no microwaves here! It’s a really interesting process that takes you from bean to bar. Check out the link for more details. Read about DIY: Chocolate making from bean to bar [Thanks Lucky]
I was doing some browsing on Etsy and came across Hikje’s shop. There’s something very appealing about the angular, cartoony offerings therein. I especially love these twine-wrapped cranes (wrecking balls?) built from string and cardboard.
I love this illustration from Popular Mechanics 1935. We don’t do politics here on MAKE, but we do celebrate American ingenuity (as well as international of course). In a week we’ll elect a new president, no matter what happens it’s up to us, the people, to “make” our future better in the USA. Never before […]
Everyday this week we’re having specials in the Maker Shed store for those who weren’t able to make it out to Maker Faire Austin. Today we’re featuring five of the best books people were picking up at the Faire. Here’s how it works – Enter in MAKER to get 10% off any of these books […]
The Unfinished Swan is a first-person painting game set in an entirely white world. Players can splatter paint to help them find their way through an unusual garden… I don’t play many video games but this one looks amazing.
Dave’s Bug Bot @ Pop Sci… Want to add some robots to your Halloween party plans? Even better, how about some robot “bugs” dancing around the candy bowl? Then Boo, the light-loving bug bot, might be for you. Derived from Randy Sargent’s LM386-based Herbie “photovore” robot, with some circuit enhancements supplied by Dave Hrynkiw and […]
