You never know when you’ll find yourself in a MacGyver moment. It can happen anywhere, at any time. Wouldn’t it be easier to hack those electronics with some real components instead of a rubber band and a paper clip? The Mintronics: Survival Pack from the Maker Shed contains over 60 useful components for making, hacking, […]
Jenny Hart points us to these super cool cross-stitched eggs from Ukranian artist, Forostyuk Inna. There is some interesting discussion on the comments to the post on how the artist may have created them. Even if you don’t have the time to hand-stitch on eggs, you could use the designs as inspiration for creating your […]
Check out our visit with mechanical engineer and teacher Dustyn Roberts. She gives us a tour of the wind lantern, a turbine-powered LED mechanism and circuit from her book Making Things Move: DIY Mechanisms for Inventors, Hobbyists, and Artists. his is an archived clip from the episode broadcast 3/23/11. Go to https://makezine.com/live/ for details, chat transcripts, and details on the next show.
Lenore Edman and Windell Oskay from Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories show off their tabletop representation of the 1972 video game PONG. This is an archived clip from the episode broadcast 3/24/11. Go to https://makezine.com/live/ for details, chat transcripts, and details on the next show.
A new graduate program launches at the School of the Visual Arts in NYC! I’m excited to be among the faculty. Core77’s Allan Chochinov chairs the new program, called Products of Design.
MAKE subscriber Colin Mann of Los Angeles, CA, created a light organ that uses antique bulbs. 12 light bulbs correspond to the 12 notes in an octave (minus the octave note). The rectangular box unfolds to position the light bulbs vertically for display, while at the same time providing a platform for the keyboard in […]
I recall turning my folks’ little black and white kitchen TV on and off over and over again, as a child, just so I could watch the screen flash as the tube lost power. This modern project, from photographer Stephan Tillmans, is called Luminant Point Arrays. [via adafruit]
