Analog voltage-controlled oscillators (AVOs) make a variety of intriguing hums, beeps, buzzes, and loops, controlled by buttons, knobs, and sensors. These are fantastic group projects because once the soldering irons are all put down, you get an excellent payoff: you can have an impromptu concert. Bleep Labs, run by Austin, Texas, circuit bender and kit […]
Raphael Lang of Stuttgart, Germany, built this cool robot from junk: A DIY crawler robot powered with a battery screw driver and with all-terrain legs or better called segment paddles. It’s made totally from the scratch. The leggs are flexible and grip instantly on different kinds of surfaces. The main energy unit is a powertool […]
Scares off wildlife, starts campfires, melts ice, burns weeds, and works wonders on nose hair. What could possibly go wrong? The grip is built up from laminated laser-cut 1/8″ ply. Nice design from Instructables user PDRWLSN.
Express your gratitude and thanks in a fun and visual way this Thanksgiving with a Thankful Tree
Craft Inc: The Ultimate Guide to Turning Your Creative Hobby into a Successful Business By Meg Mateo Ilasco Chronicle Books There are lots of things to think about when starting up a new business, such as: What will you be selling? How will you market it? What will your profit margin look like? How will […]
It’s tonight! This episode of Make: Live is our Ultimate Kit Episode, in honor of the new Special Issue of MAKE, The Ultimate Kit Guide. Ariel Churi guest hosts with Matt in Brooklyn NY to show off electronics kits, Michael Schrage talks kitonomics, the interns demo some ballistics kits, and Brookelynn Morris calls in with Becky from MAKE HQ in California to talk craft kits.
The Houston Chronicle has a recap from the International Quilt Festival including this photo of Elizabeth C. Kelley Anthony’s “The Texas Quilt.” You can read the whole article here.
