Challenge: Name This Hack from Wayne & Layne
We love this hack from Wayne & Layne, but it needs a snappy name. Please, tell us, what should we call it and you could win to a one-year sub to MAKE and a MAKE T-shirt!
Month: March 2012
Drinking In The Future at Barbot SF 2012
Most of the Barbots and their teams are returnees from previous years, but as with the DARPA Grand Challenges, the…ah… bar raises very quickly from one event to the next as the innovations pour forth. This year’s bots were all beautiful, with gracious interfaces.
Papercraft Wedding Sparkler Holder
When your wedding draws near, the tasks can get overwhelming. I found that I was often waiting to hear back from a vendor, or couldn’t start on certain projects until closer to the date. With everything swirling around me, I loved making time to sit down and work on my favors. I found these papercraft […]
ReMaking History – Bag Press
Travel back in time with Bill Gurstelle as he teaches how to make a bit of ancient technology, the Egyptian bag press. Make your own bag press and enjoy fresh squeezed juice, the really old school way!
Announcing the Road to Maker Faire Challenge
We’re thrilled to announce the Road to Maker Faire Challenge, presented by esurance, which will send one maker and a friend to Bay Area Maker Faire 2012 in May. A stipend of $2,000 will be awarded…
Knitted Sweaters For Guinea Pigs
Between hens and penguins, it’s no doubt that we are suckers for cute animals in even cuter hand knit sweaters. These sweet little guinea pigs were featured on Cute Overload, sporting the handiwork of their loving owner, Savannah, and her sister Jillian. I think we may be at the point of making a category specifically […]
Spray Paint Can, Deconstructed in Lego
Lego builder Cole Blaq, whose exploding paint can model wowed us last year, continues his (apparent) obsession with spray paint cans with Decode, in which a robotic arm apparently tinkers with the guts of a spraycan, the inside of which inexplicably looks like DNA! Be sure to check out the rest of Cole’s Inside the […]
