Watching President Obama’s speech on Inauguration Day, I had a strange experience of cognitive dissonance as he uttered the above quote. My word, I thought, could he be aware of MAKE and the maker movement? Either way, he’s definitely speaking our language, and that passage and the general tone of his speech, his call to […]
My friend Matt Mets has been coming up with some great uses for the bags and bags of lemons we’ve been trying to use up. This time he’s making Vietnamese salty lemonade, made with brined (and pickled) lemons.
MAKE HQ reports that they had a nice turnout and a fine time this past weekend at Hillsdale Shopping Center in San Mateo. Our compadre Kent Barnes took these photos and has more in his photostream. It was a great opportunity to reach out to people who might otherwise not have previous exposure to MAKE. […]
Maker Ken Delahoussaye. (Photo by ROBERTO GONZALEZ, ORLANDO SENTINEL / April 23, 2009) Tech reporter Etan Horowitz wrote a nice piece in today’s Orlando Sentinel about makers in his area of the country. Ken Delahoussaye, a MAKE contributor, is profiled. Here’s a snippet: Some of his other projects include a motion detector that plays a […]
I love these simple cereal box journals from the long thread. I see all kinds of possibilities for decorating the cover with stamps or fabric, but also love the clean look of the un-altered box lining. We eat loads of cereal in our house, and I love the idea of doing this project with or […]
Gareth @ MAKE writes: In this tutorial, bladesmith Ben Potter shows how he inlays a Celto-Norse design in non-ferrous metals into a steel blade. You can see one of the tutorials of him making one of his incredible blades and hilt here.
Cy Tymony, a featured maker on Make: television, had a great interview with Ira Flatow on Science Friday last week. For you educators, how do you use projects like these? Does this fulfill a niche in your curriculum? What gaps are present that could be filled by future Make: television episodes? Green DIY Didn’t get […]
