Berkeley area maker, Milo, is really into Japanese joinery techniques and since his phone doesn’t have a fancy kickstand, he decided to make a smartphone stand using some scrap wood and his Japanese woodworking tools. If you’re looking for an easy to accomplish project, you can follow along with Milo in his step-by-step how-to.
Consumers of juice boxes in the 1980s and 90s may have fond memories of drinking Hi-C Ecto Cooler, the saccharine beverage based on a cartoon based on a live action 80s movie. Minute Maid has since discontinued the drink, so if you’re looking to get your fix, check out Ghostbusters: Chicago Division’s recipe for concocting your own Slimer-green potable. Just do us all a favor and make sure you don’t cross the streams. It would be bad.
A Dalek and a Storm Trooper walk in to a bar …
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Today we bid farewell to intern/hacker/friend Nick Raymond. Nick has been an intern at MAKE as long as the sands of time, curating such projects as the Wooden Table, or contributing to projects like the PS/2/You LED Sign or Bill Gurstelle’s Flame Tube. He is headed off to UC Davis to pursue a degree in Mechanical Engineering. We think he will do great, and we wish him the best.
The Now-A-Saurus was created by Chris Merrick and is a time machine with dragonfly wings that transports its riders to the present while spitting fire from its top. At Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 this art car whose wheels and curves are pulled from sacred geometry. It roamed the ground of Maker Faire Bay Area and elicited positive reactions from onlookers.
There’s something about the process of joining two pieces of metal together that captures people’s excitement and curiosity. Outside of a romantic idea of welding masks, torches, and flying sparks, I had no idea what I was getting into. Now that I’ve taken a few classes, I’ve learned enough to distinguish the different types of welds, their uses, and the fact that I have a lot of practice in store before my welds are worth anything.
