The latest issue of MAKE, Volume 30, is on newsstands everywhere, and one of my favorite projects is actually four projects in one, titled “Pipe Dreams” by Larry Cotton and Phil Bowie. Humble, readily available, and inexpensive, PVC drain pipe can be used to make a variety of unexpected projects. As the article states, PVC […]
Recently, Tim O’Reilly, founder of O’Reilly Media, and Dale Dougherty, founder of MAKE, sat down to discuss our upcoming Hardware Innovation Workshop, May 15-16, 2012. The discussion here (and the thrust of the event) is on the innovations coming out of the maker movement and the people behind these emerging, game-changing technologies. Many of the […]
The New York Times Magazine took a look at the history of the Mason jar over the weekend. For canners and collectors alike, you’ll enjoy this read. Image via Patrick Q
Design Sponge posted a lovely DIY on their blog today showing us how to breath new life into an old lamp. With a simple silver leaf technique you can add a little luxury to any old lampshade.
NEWS FROM THE FUTURE – Car Makers Create Engine Sounds for Electric Cars: Audi is adding sound to its silent, electric car models with a synthetic solution called Audi e-sound. Sounds like a TRON cycle. I wonder if they’ll eventually make download-able and purchase-able “engine tones”…
I was interviewed on Nevada NPR affiliate KNPR yesterday along with three other makers (including Keiko Tabeb, founder and designer of Asanoha Love baby carriers, shown above) for a one hour program called “Tinker, Tailor, Maker, DIY: The Make-It-Yourself Movement.” You can listen to an MP3 of the show here.
Facebook user Brusspup performed a simple, but interesting, experiment. Passing a tube of water across the front of a loudspeaker yields a standing wave when tuned to a 24 hz sound wave. Then when switched to 23 hz, it appears that the water droplets are actually traveling backwards through the tube they just came out of. A camera recording at a standard 24 fps is playing tricks with the eye when the frequency of the sine wave is very similar.
