Laser etched phono record
This is a very interesting experiment in creating record grooves by laser etching acrylic.
Month: August 2010
Detroit’s “Mower Gang” reclaims a velodrome
MAKE pal and tech advisory boarder, Mister Jalopy, sent us a link to this article and video about a group of volunteers, armed with mowers and weed whackers, who reclaim overgrown areas of Detroit, one gnarly piece of scrub brush at a time. Here, they work to reclaim the Dorais Velodrome bicycle track in northeast […]
Otyp’s Biotech Project on Kickstarter
Kyle, James and David of Otyp have designed a kit for teaching kids the biological equivalent of writing “Hello, world” and they’d like to share with more kids in the classroom. With this kit, kids start with the gene from a jellyfish that makes it glow green and they insert it into bacteria. They grow […]
Crafty Make: Projects Roundup
Our fabulous new projects library, Make: Projects, is getting bigger every day, with over 100 projects from the pages of MAKE and CRAFT magazines and from makers and crafters like you. We need your help to grow it even more, so if you haven’t already checked it out, come on over to makeprojects.com, sign up […]
Mochimochi Land Tiny Things Collection 3 Patterns
Anna of Mochimochi Land has released her new Tiny Things Collection 3 Patterns ($5) which includes a gnome, frog, pancakes and trash can. Don’t let this large photo fool ya. Each of these little toys are small and knit on size 1 US needles. So cute!
Core77 Store Opens in Portland
Our friends at Core77 just opened a retail store in Portland, OR, full of workwear, shop tools, design supplies, as well as gifts and other “objects of curiosity.” Check it out if you’re in the Pacific Northwest, or visit them online at handeyesupply.com. Look for copies of MAKE in stock, also tucked into the photo […]
Electronic origami from Geek Dad
Ken Denmead, editor of the GeekDad blog, and author of the book Geek Dad: Awesomely Geeky Projects and Activities for Dads and Kids to Share, posted one of our favorite projects from the book, Electronic Origami, on the Make: Projects platform. It’s a starter origami project where you build a simple paper box with a […]
