Danger: Burn Things with a Magnifying Glass
Harness the awesome power of the sun.
Month: January 2013
Unreasonable Rocketeers
The new space race is maker-made.
The $100 Secret Room
Rule number one of having a secret room: don’t tell people you have a secret room.
The Endlessly Modded MonoBox Powered Speaker
Readers Hauke and Jakub write in with their experience building the MonoBox Powered Speaker. Hauke built his into a stained teabox with modded pot and LED; Jakub built a stereo version into a treasure chest with an illuminated switch and also cleverly hides the audio player.
MAKE Named a FAME Award Finalist
MAKE’s Hardware Innovation Workshop and Maker Faire New York were among the finalists in different categories for the FAME awards. FAME recognizes magazine industry special events.
The Buckaroo Banzai
Dezso Molnar elevates flying motorcycles from fiction to fact.
2012: 3D Printing’s Big Year
Two thousand and twelve was 3D printing’s breakout year. While still the realm of early adopters, the 3D printing genie is clearly out of the bottle. I checked in with several consumer-class 3D printer companies to see how 2012 went down and to get their thoughts on 2013 and beyond. Everyone I spoke with was extremely bullish about the future of 3D printing and some were already rolling out new models.
