Last year’s Make: Day at the Science Museum of Minnesota was an exciting event full of geeky folks around the Twin Cities, showing off their projects. My colleague and ultimate ninja Mr. John Park was in attendance, promoting Make: television. Well, this year John won’t be there (I think?!) but there will be a whole […]
Do you like gummi bears? If you do, you may have contemplated what it would be like to sink your teeth into a GIANT gummi bear. Pimp That Snack user Steve McCue made it happen, using honey bear containers as his molds. He humorously narrates his process, including the tale of Powder, the one and […]
Pamela from Mucho Design stitched this lovely embroidered rendition of one of the photos in CRAFT Volume 10’s Amy Sedaris feature! From the pages of CRAFT: The Art of Hospitality by Amy Sedaris in CRAFT Volume 10. Grab the back issue from the Maker Shed.
From Wired’s “This Day in Tech,” the invention of the IC, 1952: The first integrated circuit was fairly crude — it had only a transistor and other components on a slice of germanium. But it did show the potential of the IC, which continues today to get smaller and more complex. Just a few months […]
We’re only a few weeks out from Maker Faire Bay Area, and things are really gearing up for a fantastic weekend. As a special countdown to Maker Faire, we’ll be profiling some of the awesome folks who will be at Bazaar Bizarre at Maker Faire. Even if you aren’t able to be at Maker Faire, […]
Our pal Fra Fondi, who’s keeping an eye out for us for R/C-related content, in support of our Volume 22 release, sent us this link. The Gadget Show cast seems perhaps a bit too scripted with the over-the-top enthusiasm, but the R/C cars, the jumps, and the record-breaking are pretty cool. Vorza Flux HP RC […]
Twitterer @monkeysailor (aka Andrew Lewis) posted links to photos of his el cheapo mini biltong maker. @make @craft Behold! $2 and 15 mins of awesome biltong making goodness! http://bit.ly/9ldBZz What on earth is biltong, you ask? Let’s ask Wikipedia: Biltong is a kind of cured meat that originated in South Africa. Many different types of […]
