These women are fired up: The Flaming Lotus Girls, a women-centric maker collaborative, creates gargantuan, fierce, flame-breathing sculptures. This popular Bay Area organization boasts diverse membership, welcoming members from all backgrounds. Whether they’re artists, lawyers, mothers or scientists, all Flaming Lotus Girls share two things in common: a desire to get their hands dirty, and […]
YouTube-driven sound experiments from “found footage.” AaRrOoWwZz //
Digital converter box? Check! Great reception? Not so much. John Park shows how to take a fistful of wire coat hangers and make a TV antenna that gives great digital reception. While he’s at it, he also makes a video camera stabilizer using metal piping and counterbalance weight; great for at-home moviemaking. Check out the […]
For those who have successfully modded their PSP to run homebrew software, Ethan Bordeaux developer of the PSPSEQ music sequencer has posted an extensive series of video tutorials to get you up and running with the program. The free homebrew sequencer can be a little tough to jump into so this series can prove quite […]
Dale Grover of a2geeks wrote us note about an awesome screening event for folks in the Ann Arbor area. Check out local Makers and organizations, and even vote on which episode of Make: television to watch. Sounds like a lot of fun: Calling all Hackers, Makers, Crafters, Artists, and other creative DIY folks! Please join […]
Make: television is airing on Public Television stations all over the country this weekend. Be sure to check out our broadcast listings page for times and dates or find a link to your local Public Television station. Here’s a sneak preview of the Maker Channel segment from Episode 4, featuring the I/O Brush, Motorized Barcalounger, […]
From the Make: Flickr pool Ralf points out that the popular PICAXE microcontroller can now be programmed from Mac and Linux machines via the newly released AXEpad software. Great news for those weary from rebooting/etc to gain access via Windows – PICAXE software downloads
