Make: Live episode 18 featured makers in MAKE v28, the toys & games issue! Onyx Ashanti performs and talks Xbees and sensors, and Michael Colombo explains his reflective improvement to flashlight tag. David Harris made Charlie’s bear (above), originally designed for his nephew with cerebral palsy. It’s a location aware plush toy with an embedded RFID reader, speaker, Arduino and wave shield to play sounds when it interacts with objects.
Live from Maker Faire New York at The New York Hall of Science in Queens, this episode features the winners of the Make Magazine Industry Maker Awards, otherwise known as the Makeys. We also feature makers who are exhibiting at the NYC incarnation of the world’s largest DIY festival. Richard Carter and his sea-life covered art car called Sashimi Tabernacle Choir, Sam Blanchard showed his Polaroid Matrix Flipbook creator, Breck Baldwin from Brooklyn Aerodrome flew his scratch-built planes, and Dave Pentecost showed off Dogzilla by Renee Laster and the Lower East Side Girls Club.This is an archived episode from Make: Live, which was originally broadcasted on 9/16/11. Go to https://makezine.com/live/ for information about the show, chat transcripts, and details on the next show.
David Harris tells Becky and Matt about Charlie’s Bear, his project from the brand new MAKE Volume 28. Charlie’s Bear is a plush toy that responds to its environment with custom audio tracks. This is an archived clip from Make: Live, which was originally broadcasted on 10/12/11. Go to https://makezine.com/live/ for information about the show, chat transcripts, and details on the next show.
Beatjazz musician Onyx Ashanti join Becky and Matt from Berlin to talk about his custom electronic instruments that are featured in the new MAKE Volume 28. This is an archived clip from Make: Live, which was originally broadcasted on 10/12/11. Go to https://makezine.com/live/ for information about the show, chat transcripts, and details on the next show.
The next episode of Make: Live celebrates the release of MAKE Volume 28, the Toys and Games issue. Go to https://makezine.com/live to watch the show live on Wednesday, October 12th, 2011 at 9pm ET / 6pm PT
With candy corn on my mind this month, I came up with a fun knitting pattern that can be finished before Halloween. This pattern starts at the bottom and works its way up to the top, in the round. Most importantly, always remember to brush your teeth or they might end up like this little guy’s.
Hive13 hackerspace’s glass block matrix, built with ShiftBrite modules, now has an Android tablet app that controls it. Sweet!
