Well, like they say – If you wanna make some noise, you’ll have to get you’re hands wet (k, they never say that). Ion Furjanic’s Electric Tea 1.0 (Peace Games) incorporates “porcelain bowls, metal orbs, speaker wire, water, and the conductive power of the human body” into an unusual interface for music. Certainly seems a […]
Sarah James at Instructables writes: Try this homemade magic shell ice cream topping recipe, and be amazed at how simple and delicious (and customizable!) it is. Using only two ingredients, you can make a marvelous crispy chocolate coating for your ice cream. Stick with basic chocolate, or spice it up with any flavor combinations you […]
Huntsville, AL, hackerspace Makers Local 256 sent six members to hacker convention The Next HOPE this year, and along the way concocted a cool project: Nathan made me bring our Wifi Geiger Counter to work on and show off. This turned into more of a hacking project than a fixing project. This years conference badge […]
Meg of Elsie Marley shares a tutorial for making a tangram puzzle from balsa wood. I used to love playing with these when I was a kid, and I’m thinking I need to try my hand at it again and introduce my kids to the fun of a tangram puzzle.
If I were forced to pick only one personal favorite of all the cool stuff I’ve blogged about while working for Make: Online, it would probably be Mark Ho’s original Zoho Artform figure. This is his latest version, made mostly from aluminum and available in ten anodized colors. I have no idea what they cost, and I’m sure I don’t really want to know, but I’d love to see more machinists following in Mark’s footsteps and making pure “machined art.”
Matthew Reyes sent word that the RocketMavericks launch event on Saturday in Nevada’s Black Rock desert was a resounding success. Traveling 28K feet aboard James Dougherty’s Intimidator-5 rocket was a payload consisting of a Nexus One/Arduino SmallSat. Matthew and his cohorts Chris Boshuizen & Will Marshall are championing the use of smartphone components to lower the cost of deploying a satellite and expect it to become even more affordable with every revision.
We asked Steven Roberts, the venerable “high-tech nomad,” best known for his net-connected, gadget-laden Winnebiko and BEHEMOTH bike projects from the 1980s, to write a series of articles on the amazing new mobile projects lab he’s building, dubbed Polaris. This tricked-out trailer will allow Steve to be ready-to-make wherever he parks, with all manner of […]
