Ever notice how unevenly some foods can cook in a microwave oven? San Francisco area maker Zeke Kossover came up with this clever method for visualizing the microwaves inside a microwave oven by embedding a matrix of tiny neon lamps inside a sheet of acrylic.
A couple of weeks ago I posted about this sweet laser stunt from Teravolt.org, and I finally got around to trying it for myself. My laser is only 10% as powerful as theirs, but I can now say with conviction: Everyone should try this.
The only tricky part is getting the laser and the hanging drop of water lined up and keeping them aligned, but this simple stand I built from hardware store odds-and-ends makes it easy. The laser and syringe snap into broom clips mounted on supermagnet bases which allow easy positional adjustments, but hold strongly enough to keep everything in alignment once you’ve got it right.
Greetings dads (and the people who love them). The following are some suggestions of things you might like as gifts. Did I miss something? Drop a link in Comments. Make: Void Your Warranty T-Shirt, $10-15 Gotta go with the home team on this killer T-shirt. “Void your warranty, violate a user agreement, fry a circuit, […]
Although many of us bloggers grimaced to read your comments when these posts first went up, time heals all wounds, and we’ve been having a great time on the mailing list bandying about our memories of our best/worst “ouch” moments from Make: Online and CRAFT. I’ve compiled a list of the top/bottom 10 best/worst posts from our trip down memory lane, and have included the best/worst outraged comment, from each, to summarize. Enjoy!
The MakerBot gang will have a retail store in NYC for the holidays! The MakerBot Botcaveâ„¢ Retail Store opens on November 26th! As far as we know, this is the first time anyone has opened a store focused on open source hardware. It is getting set up right now as an actual physical retail store […]
A reader who saw last night’s post about human-powered cranes and lifting machines e-mailed me to point out that many of the Fairbairn hand-cranked cranes featured in that post’s title image are still around, and that there is in fact a Flickr group that collects photos from enthusiasts. At least one of the cranes has […]
While my Thanksgiving menu is pretty predictable, the one thing that is really set in stone is Shallots in Red Wine. Based on a recipe in Roger Verge’s Vegetables (possibly my favorite vegetable cookbook), this is a hit with absolutely everyone. The turkey may be the big budget star the studio signs to get the […]
