Over at Fun Science Gallery, this English translation of a 2002 article by Giorgio Carboni describing, in great detail, the construction of this beautiful homemade rotating-objective panoramic film camera. It’s made of brass and plastic stock. [Thanks, Billy Baque!]
I feel very fortunate to work with such a great group of people here at Maker Media. Every day it seems like there’s some new and exciting project on the horizon. A few months ago, Gareth Branwyn, Senior Editor of MAKE, and an editor of at Make: Books, asked me to check out a new book he was developing with author Charles Platt.
Not Martha has a tutorial on how to make this cute tiny gingerbread house that can perch on the rim of your mug. You can download the PDF template for the gingerbread cookie shapes. Thanks Sarah!
Ham Cramwich: $25,000 Of Communications Gear In A $500 Car @ Jalopnik (they’ve been on a roll lately!)… Ham radio appears to be more of an addiction than a hobby to the seller of this $500 Dodge. Every surface is covered with $25K in communications equipment for every conceivable band (FM/UHF/HF/VHF/SPACEMAN)
Make: Online has been chosen as a nominee for All My Faves’ best sites of 2009. Vote for us! And congrats to all the Make: Online team for this, and to all of you who visit and contribute to the site.
A few months ago, William Kamkwamba spoke at MIT as he wrapped up a speaking tour of the US with coauthor Bryan Mealer. This video is the whole evening’s presentation, and includes the introductions and question/answer session afterward. William starts at around 11 minutes.
The talk was sponsored by MIT’s Technology and Culture series and he was introduced by Amy Smith of D-Lab. There is a brief segment in the evening on Moving Windmills, a documentary film about William and his story.
Congrats to Bernadette from Langwarrin, Victoria in Australia for winning the Crafty Chica prizes from our launch giveaway. (It took us a little while to hear back, but we finally did!) Thanks to all who entered and were excited like us about the great prize!
