We’re thrilled to find out that MAKE has been chosen as one of Paste Magazine’s best mags for 2010. We’re in some great company, along with Wired, Esquire, The Economist, The Atlantic, and others. We, of course, especially like the line: “…the five-year-old title has out popular-mechanic-ed Popular Mechanics.” Kudos to everyone on the MAKE […]
The holiday season is in full swing! Everywhere I look there are twinkle lights, ornaments, and Christmas trees. Even us design junkies get into the holiday spirit and want to make our homes festive while still keeping in the classic retro look we all know and love. Last year I made this DIY Silver Retro […]
Chris O’Shea emailed in with his super sweet Kinect hack, allowing him to play air guitar! Written in c++ using openFrameworks and openCV for image processing. Using the ofxKinect addon and the libfreenect driver on Mac. Thank you to the openframeworks and openkinect communities for enabling this to happen. A big thank you to Microsoft […]
I’ve been a long time fan of Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood’s CraftySanity podcasts and am excited about her new venture into publishing. She’s just launched CraftSanity Magazine. Projects in issue one include teeny tiny mochimochi snowmen by Anna Hrachovec, Cute printable gift tags and paper dolls by Rebecca Green, crochet granny stars, hats and scarves patterns, and […]
Our friends at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories write: While it may not be possible to make omelets without breaking eggs, it turns out that you actually can get pretty close. In what follows, we demonstrate some methods of making omelettes inside of eggshells. Perhaps a culinary equivalent of the ship in a bottle.
We’re thrilled that Garrett Wade has offered to give away several of their tools to MAKE readers. We’re giving away the lovely set of four Japanese pullsaws that Bill Gurstelle reviewed in his Dangerous Giving gift guide. We know that at least some of you have a thing for these saws (they appeared on several […]
Here is the third installment of Maker Pioneers featuring inventors, entrepreneurs, and makers who are dreaming up clever solutions to today’s energy and environmental problems. In this video, we feature Limor Fried, aka Ladyada, from Adafruit Industries. Limor talks about Adafruit’s kit business and the development of the Tweet-a-Watt, a modification to the Kill-a-Watt home […]
