Make has the distinct privilege of being included during the final Bay Area Backroads segment on October 4th and 5th, 6pm PST. For makers in the Bay area, tune in to KRON channel 4 (NBC) and catch Michael Rosenthal’s last show. Everybody else, check out Bay Area Backroads’ website to see other episodes and, with […]
Steelhorserider76 writes – This is a road in Lancaster Ca. that makes music when you drive over it. It was created for a commercial and they designed harmonics in the asphalt to create the music when driven over. Apparently other countries have been doing it for awhile. Unfortunately people complianed and it is being removed. […]
Rachel spotted this great upcycling tutorial for making a portable art studio. Mayaluna discovered an old crafty book with instructions for how to make a portable tabletop easel from an old box. She added her own instructions for turning a milk carton into a paint caddy.
Caro pointed us to the How I Knit, Purl, Crochet, or Spin group on Flickr. Members of the group upload photos and video of their techniques for things like how they hold the yarn while knitting. The picture above is frecklegirl’s crochet style.
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Jeff found this interesting item @ an electronics fleamarket. After opening and documenting the curious contents, he posted pics and asked if anyone could shed any light – and that they did. A knowledgeable reader wrote – These are the IF transformers that are components of the Navy ARA, […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Mark designed the handy USB Message Pump board – Attach an LCD display and feed the board text you want displayed via your computer. The Message Pump A.K.A. the USB to LCD Backpack is a device that allows you to connect a LCD display directly to your computer. It […]
In case you wondered what the insides of a wired Dewalt power drill looked like … [via Take It Apart dot net]
