This week I have 3 modifications of the Maker’s Notebook. I started out by adding a small pocket inside the book to keep a pen. Next, I added a snap closure to keep everything secure. Finally, I added a pocket to the back of the book for keeping acetate film to use as overlays for my sketches.
Checkout makezine for more information, including a contest for the 3 best mods! [Contest ends 1.19.09]
http://www.makezine.com
Make a high-tech mood light from a flourescent lamp and a bunch of old memory chips.
Greg Gage from Backyard Brains demonstrates their SpikerBox kit, which lets you experiment with cockroach neurons. Becky and Greg surgically remove a cockroach leg and listen to the neurons firing. This is an archived clip from Make: Live, which was originally broadcasted on 7/29/11. Go to https://makezine.com/live/ for information about the show, chat transcripts, and details on the next show.
Adrianne Wortzel first saw Tickle-Me-Elmo-TMX during her residency in the Artificial Intelligence Lab in Zurich, Switzerland, and noticed something interesting about the robotic toy. It wasn’t long before she amassed an army of them. And what army is complete without synchronized maneuvers…
The full piece (just robots):
http://www.vimeo.com/31393684
More of Adrianne’s Work:
http://www.adriannewortzel.com
An interview with photographer/maker Cris Benton at Maker Faire Bay Area 2010.
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/06/cris_bentons_pole_aerial_photograph.html
Harvey Moon’s Drawing Machine is is not just a controllable pen attached suspending it over a page, it’s a tool for making beautiful artwork. Taking its cues from computer data, the Drawing Machine can reproduce any digitized picture or photograph, and the programmer’s touch introduces noise in the system. The results are more akin to print-making in that every creation is unique with its own idiosyncrasies. Filmed at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. http://unanything.com/ http://makerfaire.com/pub/e/5436
Michelle Hlubinka introduces the motivations behind the Young Makers Program and a class of Young Makers at Lighthouse Community Charter School in Oakland
