Instructables user Bctcteacher writes: My students love to build things and throw stuff so let’s put both together! Now, for the green part. Let’s see if we can make something that is recyclable and fun! Looking around the classroom, I see lots of cardboard (used shipping boxes) and a good supply of Elmer’s glue. So, […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool Marcus had a vision of wearable space invaders and set forth to make it a reality – The whole project was inspired by Alex, especially his LED matrix projector and his tiny 64 pixel project. After some beers with Alex I claimed: “I can do it much smaller in SMT”. […]
Heads up San Fransisco makers – The next Make:SF meeting is Tuesday, April 13th at 6:30 PM There is a $5 fee to cover pizza and overhead. Special secret giveaway at tonight’s meeting! Location: Instructables HQ 489 Clementina St. – 3rd Floor San Francisco CA To present contact Andrew at meetings [at] makesf [dot] org […]
The artful dodgers of Steampunk Magazine have done it again — another gorgeous issue, of great conversation, ideas, fiction, reviews, and how-tos. Content includes a manifesto of sorts by steampunk sci-fi godfather Bruce Sterling, how-tos on metal casting and no-budget welding, an awesome piece on “tramp printers” of the 1800s, and an an interview by […]
OMG, I think I just blew the lid off my chrome dome in peals of rhapsodic techno-bliss over this photo set of Soviet-era nuclear control gear. Paging Dr. Strangelove! Kurchatov Nuke Equipment
photo by Barbara Fried photo by M2 We have learned sad news through our friends at Laughing Squid. Tom Kennedy, an art car and Burning Man artist (whose work we’ve featured in MAKE and online), drowned in Ocean Beach, CA this weekend. His friend John Law writes: We lost one of our very best. Tom […]
I had an email today from a reader, Kent Weakley, asking about maker-friendly colleges for his son. My thirteen year old is crazy about Make magazine and all the great podcasts. He loves inventing and creating. Quick question – what are some good colleges that can help nurture the creative, innovative spirit of an inventor??? […]
