Day: December 13, 2012

MAKE is Looking for Video Contributors

MAKE is Looking for Video Contributors

By Stett Holbrook

Stett Holbrook

Stett Holbrook is editor of the Bohemian, an alternative weekly in Santa Rosa, California. He is a former senior editor at Maker Media.

He is also the co-creator of Food Forward, a documentary TV series for PBS about the innovators and pioneers changing our food system.

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Like to make? Like to make videos about what you make? Then we want to hear from you. We’re looking for makers with an interest in Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and 3D printing who want to share their projects and tips on video with the MAKE community. We’re also keen on CNC, joinery, woodworking, welding, and kid projects, and really any project that showcases the spirit of making and your enthusiasm.

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Editor’s Choice Hangout on Air, Live and Online Dec. 13 at 2pm PST/5pm EST

Editor’s Choice Hangout on Air, Live and Online Dec. 13 at 2pm PST/5pm EST

By Eric Weinhoffer

Eric Weinhoffer

Eric is a Mechanical Engineer with interests in machining, mass manufacturing, product design and kinetic art. While not building things, he enjoys skiing, cycling, and juggling.

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Designing and machining things in 3D can be difficult to wrap your brain around, but there are a few great ways to learn. Tune in at 2pm PST/5pm EST on the +MAKE page so we can tell you all about them, or catch the show later on the MAKE YouTube page.

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Arduino-Controlled Split-Flap Game

Arduino-Controlled Split-Flap Game

By John Baichtal

John Baichtal

My interests include writing, electronics, RPGs, scifi, hackers & hackerspaces, 3D printing, building sets & toys. @johnbaichtal nerdage.net

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Richard from the Netherlands built this split-flap game as a gift to his niece. Actually, the gift is inside, but you have to win the game to get it! The wooden box and all the components for the Split-flap display were made on my CNC machine. I used 2mm thick plastic to mill out the […]

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Resources for Young Makers

Resources for Young Makers

By Andrew Terranova

Andrew Terranova

Andrew Terranova is an electrical engineer, writer and author of How Things Are Made: From Automobiles to Zippers. Andrew is also an electronics and robotics enthusiast and has created and curated robotics exhibits for the Children's Museum of Somerset County, NJ and taught robotics classes for the Kaleidoscope Enrichment in Blairstown, NJ and for a public primary school. Andrew is always looking for ways to engage makers and educators.

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A friend of mine recently asked my advice. Apparently his 12-year-old nephew is turning out to be quite the geek. As my friend described his nephew’s love to take stuff apart and make something new with it, I could tell we had the beginnings of a fine young maker. My friend turned to me for some suggestions for challenging kits that would not “do any damage to the house.” So here is my list of Resources for Young Maker

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Recipe: Chocolate Mousse Cookie Dough Bombe

Recipe: Chocolate Mousse Cookie Dough Bombe

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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Chocolate mousse cookie dough bombe recipe. Need we say more?

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Give Something Useless this Christmas

Give Something Useless this Christmas

By Michael Castor

Michael Castor

I am the Evangelist for the Maker Shed. It seems that there is no limit to my making interests. I'm a tinkerer at heart and have a passion for solving problems and figuring out how things work. When not working for Make I can be found falling off my unicycle, running in adverse weather conditions, skiing down the nearest hill, restoring vintage motorcycles, or working on my car.

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How much time and effort do you put in to choosing the perfect Christmas gift? If you’re like my wife and I, it’s far too much. It is practical? Will they use it? It’s a never ending guessing game that typically ends up with a polite “thank you” card. This year why not forget practicality and give them something completely and utterly useless?

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