Last week’s Math Monday column looked at a tricky construction of four equilateral triangles. Let’s revisit it, but instead of using paper, we’ll use square sticks. These twelve identical wood parts fit together using 60-degree half-lap joints.
By Paul Stern If you use onions as often as I do – in everything from soup and pasta sauce to tuna salad and guacamole – it helps to be able to dice one quickly, efficiently, and without crying your eyes out. Here’s how the pros do it. For a PDF of this technique, visit […]
ITP student Marcele Godoy designed and sewed a handsome cat puppet, but went the extra mile by turning it into an animatronic keyboard player with full documentation.
Using Arduino, Processing, and an armature made of Lego, the user can push buttons on a computer that correspond to several Daft Punk samples, also causing the cat to mimic the moves of a righteous keyboard player.
Give a book, and give your friends and family the gift of hours of creative fun! Made by Hand: My Adventures in the World of Do-It-Yourself, by Mark Frauenfelder Perfect for both the seasoned maker and the person who’s just starting to get tempted to tinker, the story of Mark’s travels through a year of […]
In this installment of the Gift Guide Singularity on MAKE, we’re continuing the countdown of projects that are just as much fun to build and give as they are to receive. So far we’ve seen two complex movers and shakers, the Strandbeest walker robot and the steam-powered BoilerBot, followed by the Vibrati Punk Console. The projects keep getting easier as xmas looms closer, so I’m bringing you a build even your grandma will appreciate- build the universal TV-B-Gone remote to power down annoying screens at restaurants and other public spaces.
Here’s a yummy cookie to add to your holiday baking rotation this year. Jessica of How Sweet It Is shares how to make chocolate fudge s’more thumbprint cookies over on her blog.
To celebrate the release of our latest publication, the Make: Ultimate Kit Guide 2012 (and its companion website), we’re giving away at least one of the cool kits reviewed in the issue each day during the holiday season. Today, we’re giving away our second MakerBot Thing-O-Matic (a $1,300 value!), featured on the cover of the Ultimate Kit Guide.
