MIT Student Develops $3 Cutting-Edge Healing Device, Field Tested in Haiti @ Fast Company… No one really knows why, but for an open wound, simply applying suction dramatically speeds healing times. (The theory is that the negative pressure draws bacteria out, and encourages circulation.) But for almost everyone, that treatment is out of reach–simply because […]
My mother still can’t believe this, but I love soup. As a child, I was an extremely picky eater and hated foods to mix, but now my favorite things to eat (and make) are stews, soups, risottos, and anything mixed with flavors tumbling together. I tend to think of soup as a winter food, but […]
Subscribe to the CRAFT Podcast in iTunes, or download the m4v video. In this week’s CRAFT Video, I show you how to set up a hydroponic herb garden on my rooftop in Brooklyn. Hydroponic gardening uses water more efficiently than traditional soil gardening, and is also a lot less messy for urban apartment dwellers. It’s […]
If you’re participating in our awe-inspiring MAKE Robot Build contest, you should know that Steve Joiner and his sons Noah and Jamie have set the bar with their excellent coasterbot, HUL-10. (You may remember we posted a super-cute video showing Noah describing the various components of the bot.) Not only does HUL-10 do a great […]
On Tuesday I shared my technique for planting a container garden filled with harmonic plants. Today I have a recipe for a garden that combines cool colors with warm ones for a dynamic and lush planting. Search out tall elegant grasses, and then pair them with low growing sedums. To bridge the gap, add broad […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool: Check out this excellent mecanum wheel by Flickr user ROB K636. If you didn’t know, mecanum wheels permit travel perpendicular to the rolling direction. He totally needs to submit this project to our MAKE/Makerbot Contest and upload the 3Ds to Thingiverse.
Today I’m excited to talk about Vickie Howell’s new book Craft Corps (out May 10th), a book on the craft community featuring 30 influential designers of the industry. The book was inspired by NPR’s Story Corps which was an audio project collecting people’s stories and archiving them for posterity. In this book, Vickie does the […]
