Month: August 2011

Tiny Intricate Paperclip Weapons

Tiny Intricate Paperclip Weapons

If I may wax pedantic for a moment, here’s a rather striking example of the remarkable creativity that can result from radically limiting one’s options. “What is the coolest thing I make using all the myriad resources available in the world?” may be a stultifying proposition, but picking something ready to hand (“What is the coolest thing I can make from just this pile of paperclips?”) is a more manageable and, in my opinion, often a more interesting and enjoyable process.

Haunted Dollhouse From The Bloggess

Late last night, Jenny The Bloggess posted a link on Twitter to pictures of a stunningly beautiful haunted dollhouse she’s been building for ten years. Rightfully, folks went nuts. The details are amazing. She’s included a spiral staircase, secret passageways, and lots of personal touches like a globe pencil sharpener from her childhood that’s been […]

Max Heald’s Wheelchair Robot on Make: Live ep15

Max Heald’s Wheelchair Robot on Make: Live ep15

Make Labs intern Max Heald is building a robot based on an electric wheelchair. He’s working with a Kinect and laptop running ROS (robot operating system) to make a self-driving robot. This is an archived clip from Make: Live, which was originally broadcasted on 8/24/11. Go to https://makezine.com/โ€‹live/โ€‹ for information about the show, chat transcripts, and details on the next show.

Make: Live 8/24/11 — Make Labs (video)

Episode 15 was live from Make Labs in Sebastopol, California. The interns show off projects from the magazine and their own creations, like Dan Spangler’s combustion cannon called “Big Bertha.” Max Heald shows us his in-progress electric wheelchair robot, and Brookelynn Morris brings her LED hula hoop and puts the staff to the hula challenge. Get a tour of the lab from Nick Raymond and meet more folks who make the magazine and projects you love.