14-year-old Australian maker Lochie Ferrier bought an Airwick automatic air freshener and after its overpriced scent cartridge died, it sat around until Lochie realized it has a big ole PIR on the front. He hooked up an Arduino and proto shield and set it to play the Mario theme when the PIR detects movement.
The Uira Engine is a part of the guts from the Raygun Gothic Rocket Ship, which now resides in San Francisco’s Embarcadero. For Maker Faire Bay Area 2011, the engine was displayed by its designer, Alan Rorie. The engine consists of a series of cylinders that slowly rotate while emitting capacitive discharge that’s pleasing to the eye. Parts of this were handmade as well as produced from a CNC, and provided an important visual component to the rocket ship.
I love food. I especially love rich, creamy comfort food. Two of my favorite restaurants (Big Bottom Market and Barley and Hops) have recently served up versions of savory bread pudding. They were delicious, addicting, and sadly, specials that quickly rotated off the menu. Instead of suffering from withdrawals, I decided to try my hand […]
When Krys Lefler sent in her 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, I was instantly enamored. First of all, she is hilarious – look for the photo of Paula Deen riding a chicken if you don’t believe me. But beyond that, you can tell from reading her blog that she crafts for all the right reasons. […]
Join us Wednesday evening for the next episode of Make: Live, our streaming show and tell! Episode 18 celebrates the release of the new MAKE magazine v28, all about toys and games you can make yourself.
Jon Cox shows the Nor Cal Mars Rover Project at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. This group of enthusiasts is dedicated to furthering the cause of making manned missions to Mars with the possibility of colonization in the future. NASA approached the group to design and build a prototype for a future Mars mission.
As a person with a fondness of things in miniature, I imagine it would be easy to get swept up in all the fun tiny details of making a farm-based marble run like this one by Katie of matsutake for Whip Up. I love how she created the corn maze and all the little farm […]
