Will somebody think of the robots?
As part of their campaign to raise money for a new facility, the hackerspace i3 Detroit produced this cute video imploring you to please think of the robots and help their cause.
Month: March 2010
Scientific cookie round-ups
A couple of killer round-ups of science-themed cookies.
Ira Glass on Improving Your Craft
I really admire Ira Glass of radio’s This American Life. He’s just so intelligent. And it comes across in a very real, down-to-earth way that’s indicative of someone who seriously mulls things over. This is a snippet of a longer talk on creating stories for television or radio, but in this particular segment, he is […]
Pixie Hollow Playset Made From Aluminum Foil, Salt Dough
This brilliant recreation of Pixie Hollow from Tinkerbell was made by Filth Wizardry, using aluminum foil as a base onto which she shaped salt dough. She details her process that, though spread over more than a week, was fairly simple. I love the idea, and think it could be a great way to create all […]
Experimenting with Cuprous Oxide diodes
Pete Friedrichs, author of the can’t-be-recommended-highly-enough Voice of the Crystal and Instruments of Amplification (which I review in MAKE Volume 21), has posted online his two-part article “Fun With Homebrew Cuprous Oxide Diodes,” which originally appeared in the Xtal Set Society Newsletter. In it, he shows you how to build an old-school Cuprous Oxide-based radio […]
Star Wars-Themed Version of Goodnight Moon
I’ve read Goodnight Moon to my kids so many times, the words (and even the rhythm of how we read it) is permanently burned into my brain. I think I may have to bring this Star Wars-themed version of Goodnight Moon into our reading rotation. Noah Dziobecki of Dzignspace created this custom version called Goodnight […]
Junk guitar video demo
Sound artist Ranjit Bhatnagar explains how to build a simple guitar, with amplifier, at a recent NY Resistor junk guitar workshop. [via Science Friday. Thanks, Sam Murphy!] How To Make A Junk Guitar More: All of our junk guitar coverage on MAKE