We’re hosting an impromptu webcast for the NASA Make Challenge next Tuesday! Dale Dougherty hosts: The NASA Make Challenge is an invitation for makers to participate in the exploration of space and give students an opportunity to build an experimental kit that can be flown on a future space flight. These experiments will be based […]
Jeffrey Gough created 210 interactive, hackable badges for the TROOPERS IT security conference, featuring nixie tubes built in! Each conference attendee starts on zero. As they unlock achievements at the con – like sending postcards to their families, meeting the speakers, unlocking the secret in the badge, attending my SMT soldering workshop, etc, attendees level-up. […]
I post a list of upcoming craft fairs every week on Craftzine.com, so of course I’m happy when there’s a craft fair in my own neighborhood! My friends Olivia and Meredith organize a really fun event called Shop Party, which is a combination craft fair/art show/concert. This is a quarterly event for crafters and artisans […]
Creature Comforts shows off her colorful and patterned masking tape (I so want some!) to make some really pretty Easter-themed DIY masking tape stickers. She also includes a template for you to make a bunny and an egg.
Here at headquarters, we’re cranking on producing the next issue of MAKE, Volume 27, themed Robots! What better way to celebrate than to host a fun, simple robot contest? We liked the open-endedness of our Volume 26 Karts and Wheels Contest (must have wheels and carry a person), and the cool, creative entries we got […]
I just received yesterday my new Sally Yarn and I’m already almost through the yoke! Admittedly, I’m a fast knitter, but I’m well pleased at how quickly all the slipped stitches help move this along. The colorway I chose (dark brown and purple Sheffield) gives this sweater a very different feel than the retro original, […]
Find the Future Game at the New York Public Library, excellent glimpse of the “Future of Libraries”… Find the Future at NYPL is an augmented reality game by Jane McGonigal that celebrates the 100th birthday of the New York Public Library’s landmark Stephen A. Schwarzman building. Find The Future at NYPL brings visitors to the […]
