Year: 2011

Maker Profile – Music Machines on Make: television

Maker Profile – Music Machines on Make: television

Enter the plugged-in world of Tim Kaiser, a maker who creates experimental musical instruments from scavenged objects. Tim seeks out unique sounds everywhere he goes plucking chimes out of grandfather clocks and jingle mechanisms from childrens toys. And he doesnt stop there his electronic instruments have to look cool, too. So, Tim houses them in wildly inventive containers. Then meet the musical maverick who inspired him, Harry Partch.

Learn more about Tim Kaiser at http://www.timkaiser.org/.

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Maker Workshop – Portable Trebuchet on Make: television

Maker Workshop – Portable Trebuchet on Make: television

Whats it like to have a five-foot long throwing arm? Just watch as John Park builds a portable trebuchet that can fling water balloons fifty yards. Unlike Medieval trebuchets that were constructed out of giant timbers and stout materials, this human-powered version is made out of cheap, easy-to-assemble ABS plumbing pipe. The perfect weapon for hurling rotten fruit at your enemies.

Check out the PDFs for these projects at www.makezine.tv

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Maker Profile – Kinetic Wave Sculptures on MAKE: television

Maker Profile – Kinetic Wave Sculptures on MAKE: television

Reuben Margolin, a Bay Area visionary and longtime maker, creates totally singular techno-kinetic wave sculptures. Using everything from wood to cardboard to found and salvaged objects, Reubens artwork is diverse, with sculptures ranging from tiny to looming, motorized to hand-cranked. Focusing on natural elements like a discrete water droplet or a powerful ocean eddy, his work is elegant and hypnotic. Also, learn how ocean waves can power our future. Learn more about Reuben at http://www.reubenmargolin.com/

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Maker Workshop – Shopping Cart Chair on MAKE: television

Maker Workshop – Shopping Cart Chair on MAKE: television

Kick back with John Park as he demonstrates how to upcycle a no-longer-usable shopping cart into an easy chair. This Make: magazine-based project offers an introductory look at how to cut, bend, and shape metal using metal cutters, saws, vice grips, and other tools common to home workshops. John also attempts a deluxe version of this project that employs motors and switches to transform it into a go-kart chair. View the clip to see his mixed results, and download the PDF at www.makezine.tv

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Semi-Portable Computer Case

Semi-Portable Computer Case

Ron from Milwaukee, WI, built this nicely executed computer case in a weekend at his friendly local hackerspace, Milwaukee Makerspace. I love how hackerspaces are so great for encouraging projects like this! This is a semi-portable computer case, made with desktop components and 1/2″ oak plywood, that I hacked together in a weekend at Milwaukee […]

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Visualizing Wi-Fi Signals with Light Painting

Timo Arnall, who, together with Jack Schultze brought us a touchless Rube Goldberg machine based on RFID back in 2009, has teamed up with Jorn Knutsen and Einar Sneve Martinussen to produce Immaterials: Light Painting Wi-Fi, which is a project that visualizes wireless network signal strength in city areas using a custom-built 4-meter measuring rod equipped with LEDs and conventional light painting techniques. [via Core77]

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