MAKE is currently searching for a Maker Shed Evangelist to work with our ecommerce team. This is a contract position. You will seek out and curate cool new products for the Maker Shed store, develop our relationships with independent maker suppliers, as well as commercial suppliers, and evangelizes Maker Shed and its product offerings through […]
5mm or 10mm LEDs will work just fine for most projects, but if you really want to light up a room, consider using some of the high-power variety. With forward currents up to a full amp, you’ll need a way to dissipate heat – but the results are very much worth the extra effort.
Piezoelectric materials are about as close to magic as you can get. They turn physical pressure into electricity and can even turn electricity into physical pressure – an amazing sort of bidirectional converter for mechanical and electrical energies. Perhaps even more amazing is the fact that you can easily ‘grow’ your own piezoelectric crystals overnight using just a couple of common ingredients – awesome.
If you have a little time and a lot of nostalgia for crackling candy, learn to make your own Pop Rocks with this Instructable from chickflix. Most of the ingredients are easy to find, and you’ll need a blunt object such as a hammer to break them up into pebbles. Enjoy your freshly-made candy while […]
This spring garland from Camilla at Family Chic is a simple and brilliant project. We always end up with far more of these plastic eggs than we ever know what to do with. I think we’ve got our solution now.
Pete Mills, from Ann Arbor, MI, wrote in with his Cigar Box Laser Light Show. It was spring break last week so I had some spare time to kill. I wanted to do a project that would be done fairly quickly and still have some time to study for classes resuming. I do have several […]
To celebrate the launch of her new novel, Miss Scarlet’s School of Patternless Sewing, Crafty Chica has a fabulous book launch sweepstakes happening now. It’s easy to enter and there are tons of great prizes. The grand prize is your chance to win a Singer sewing machine and Gidget sewing table! The deadline to enter […]
