Greg Gage from Backyard Brains demonstrates their SpikerBox kit, which lets you experiment with cockroach neurons. Becky and Greg surgically remove a cockroach leg and listen to the neurons firing. This is an archived clip from Make: Live, which was originally broadcasted on 7/29/11. Go to https://makezine.com/โlive/โ for information about the show, chat transcripts, and details on the next show.
Join us Wednesday evening for the next episode of Make: Live, our streaming show and tell! Episode 14 is all about Metalworking. Metalworker and Madagascar Institute director Hackett will join us for a welding lesson and to talk about his new TV show for the Science Channel, Stuck with Hackett, which premieres August 18th. And […]
Join us Wednesday evening for the next episode of Make: Live, our streaming show and tell! Episode 14 is all about Metalworking.
We’re reaching that time to start planning for cool Halloween decorations, and this video tutorial from Allen Hopps of StiltBeastStudios.com could take your spooky decor to a whole new level. He shares how to take a simple plastic skeleton and transform it into a freakishly realistic corpse with just a few simple supplies and less […]
This month, we’re going heavy metal here at MAKE. Safely and effectively working with metal is a skillset that every maker should have, at least understanding the basics. So, over the month we’ll be looking at fundamental aspects of the skillset, from choosing materials, to measuring, cutting, forming, attaching/welding, and the tools you need to make all of this alchemy happen.
This confectioners’ sugar lollipop mold tutorial from King Arthur Flour is one of those great ideas that totally stopped me in my tracks. Instead of getting hard candy stuck in molds, why not just use confectioners’ sugar to make your own? Plus, depending on what object you use to make the indentations, you can get […]
Doug Fennell of Horn Lake, Mississippi, just sent us a link to this good-looking two-wheeled coasterbot-style “puck” ‘bot chassis he designed to be laser-cut from 4mm acryli
