Winners of Button It Up Book Giveaway
Thanks to everyone who entered our book giveaway for Button It Up: 80 Amazing Vintage Button Projects by Susan Beal. The 2 winners are: Tanya Ornelas and Lora Armstrong. Congratulations!
Month: March 2009
Checkin’ In: Eccentric Genius Kaden Harris
Way back in MAKE Volume 01, we ran a Made on Earth feature on Kaden Harris and his awesome desktop creations. Shown below, at left, is the 18-inch floating-arm trebuchet, and at right is the 17-inch guillotine.
Instructables Gardening Guide
Spring is on its way. If you’re thinking of getting your green on anytime soon, Randy Sarafan at Instructables has compiled a Home Gardening Guide with some excellent how-to guides on many different aspects and scales of gardening.
Weekend Project: 5-Minute Foam Factory
Take used styrofoam and reuse it to make cool new things with this easy 5-Minute Foam Factory. Thanks to Bob Knetzger for the original project in Make: Volume 16.
MAKE Presents: The LED
Take a tour through the world of the light-emitting diode (LED) and learn who invented it, how to use it, and how to make your own.
more Make presents:
The Resistor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPVoY1QROMg
The Capacitor –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYH9dGl4gUE
audio & video by Collin Cunningham
Makezine.com
MAKE Presents: The Resistor
Simple, commonplace and vital to our electronic world, it’s current-fighting backbone of circuitry, the resistor!
more Make presents:
The LED
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3PDLsJQcGI
The Capacitor –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYH9dGl4gUE
audio & video by Collin Cunningham
Makezine.com
MAKE presents: The Capacitor
Simple yet effective, they come in a dizzying array of forms and materials. Vital to so many circuits for storage, timing, and filtration – the mighty capacitor!
audio and video by Collin Cunningham
makezine.com
