MAKE Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
Check out this week’s highlights from the MAKE Flickr pool!
Month: July 2011
Using Google+ Hangout Video Chat for “Maker Show-and-Tell”
I helped ladyada set up the first ever DIY electronics show-and-tell using google+ hangout video chat, it was fantastic. Here’s a brief write up.
CRAFT Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
The CRAFT Flickr Pool was bursting with crafty goodness this week! Here are some things we spotted: Pam Yellow Butter Flower, by Harriette Estelle Berman A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, by weggart Roses and tiny daisies pin cushions, by woolly fabulous
Plasma Arc Loudspeaker
High voltage electrodes immersed in acetylene torch flame produce a plasma arc, and superimposing an audio signal on this high voltage turns the flame into a loudspeaker at TX/RX Labs in Houston, TX.
How-To: Spicy Berry Preserves
Our friends at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories have a recipe for an amazing berry preserve, infused with cumin, cinnamon, cardamom, cayenne, and garam masala. My goodness! Get me to the farmer’s market!
No iPad? Just Make Your Own!
It’s impressive to watch this timelapse video wherein Liu Xinying builds his own iPad clone from computer parts. It appears as though the tablet is running Windows XP, skinned to look like Mac OS X. Liu demos the tablet with web browsing, Google Earth, and a iBooks-like application.
Google Science Fair Winners
Well, well! At the beginning of the year, Make posted about the inaugural Google Science Fair. Six months later, I’m happy to report that the gals swept the top prizes! The projects are nothing short of amazing – top-winning Shree Bose, 17-18 age group, studied how to improve ovarian cancer treatment. Amazing!
