Calling all maker musicians, toy orchestras, jug bands, marching bands, sonic bit-twiddlers, cigar box punk rockers, and Detroit bands of all flavors looking for the limelight. We still have a few openings on the Center Stage at Maker Faire Detroit this weekend (July 31, Aug 1). If you’re interested in performing, please send us a […]
By Susannah Bothe Taking great photographs of your child is something that every parent wants to do, but is not necessarily an easy task! Some of the tips here reiterate what I wrote in my previous how-to on baby photography because these elements hold true for all of photography, so I will include them in […]
Dirty Electronics’ new PCB instrument creates some noisy-good reasons to touch a skull – The Skull Etching combines etched artwork and electronics into a unique touch instrument. The electronics for the instrument utilise just one integrated circuit (IC), yet the instrument features two oscillators, distortion, feedback network, filter and interference/hum/radio. Touch the skulls to play […]
Nederlander Jan Ridders, who is something of a legend in the model engineering world, built what he calls his Thermo Pulse Mobile without really understanding how it works, basing his model solely on a YouTube video demonstrating another one in operation. At first it didn’t work. Then…
Randy Sarafan writes: This Simple Bot was inspired by a work by artist James Rouvelle called Colony in which a bunch odd shaped ovals self-propel around their environment. It is my understanding that his bots were made by placing a vibrating motor freely inside of a Styrofoam ball that was then coated to give it […]
Jessica at Zakka Life shows you how to make a pretty twist tie. A simple craft that can go a long way when you are making everything match for a party.
These keychains from Flickr user, yorkshirelass49, pack an incredible amount of detail in the tiny spirals of quilled paper. I’m in awe! [via Kim Werker] Related: Quilling 101 From Ann Martin
