Made On Earth — Orbital Illusion
Fairgoers at the 2010 Bay Area Maker Faire were mesmerized by a massive, steel-and-glass orrery gently rotating in the main hall.
Month: April 2011
Made On Earth — Pooled Resources
Rather than sink money into filling in or restoring their run-down swimming pool, Dennis and Danielle McClung transformed it into a desert greenhouse.
Made On Earth — Delicate Machinations
Glass blower Andy Paiko has painstakingly re-created intricate antique machines almost exclusively out of glass — and yes, they all work.
Made On Earth — RFID Radios
Matt Brown’s idea is to affix an RFID chip inside a laser-cut, flat-pack paper radio, and then pair the radio with a speaker base with an RFID reader.
Made On Earth — In the Lion’s Den
Built by U.K. photography duo Will and Matt Burrard-Lucas, the BeetleCam is a modded 4WD robotic buggy manufactured by Lynxmotion and mounted with a DSLR camera.
Made On Earth — Ultimate Hot Wheels Track
Chris Burden’s kinetic sculpture Metropolis II is a mesmerizing cityscape where 1,100 toy cars blaze down 18 lanes of freeways in endless loops.
In the Maker Shed — Projects in Your Mailbox
Make: Projects readers can now conveniently purchase just about everything they need for their next project directly from the Make: Projects website.