From the MAKE Flickr pool Industrious experimentalist Eric Archer shares more of his synth dreams made real with this sequencer based on the Lagged Fibonacci number generator – Fans of the Golden Ratio know that it is built-in to the Fibonacci Sequence, being the ratio of S(n)/S(n-1) when n is very large. But lets make […]
Instrument-a-day maker Ranjit demonstrates a fresh idea for bending with his Bent Music Box – A strong magnet distorts the sound of a music box by warping the tines. It’s recorded through a hand-wound magnetic pickup, and it sounds like this. (There’s no processing added to the sound except for noise reduction.) Hmmm … using […]
I LOVE these raygun designs by Dan at Tinkerbots. Tinkerbots More: We have our own DIY raygun project in the new issue of MAKE (Volume 17). Molly “Porkshanks” Friedrich shows you how to build her “Discreet Companion” Ladies Raygun. MAKE Volume 17 hits newsstands on March 10th. Look for it at a fine bookstore near […]
The weekly Lost Knowledge column explores the possible technology of the future in the forgotten ideas of the past (and those slightly off to the side). Each Tuesday, we look at retro-tech, “lost” technology, and the make-do, improvised “street tech” of village artisans and tradespeople from around the globe. “Lost Knowledge” is also the theme […]
[Photo by Eddie Codel] Our pals at Dorkbot Austin sent us this message to post: Dorkbot Austin returns to SXSW for another Texas-sized science fair with beer on Saturday, March 14, 6 – 8 pm in Brush Square Park. Each year, this event attracts hundreds of makers, geeks, gamers, press, and SXSW potentates for an […]
Turn bottles or jars into nifty glass jar frames in this tutorial by Photojojo.
Two members of our MAKE family, our indexer and blog contributor Patti Schiendelman, and Eccentric Cubicle author Kaden Harris, have launched a new blog The Genteel Recessionista: Practical Lore for Modest Times. Congrats, guys! Looking forward to seeing what your victory garden grows. Here’s the first post, from Kaden, to give you some idea of […]
