I recently met up with the inimitable Dan Spangler, an intern working at MAKE Labs. He, along with several other interns, work hard to bring you the latest projects seen both online and in the print magazine. He gave me the grand tour and talked about what goes on in the labs.
Stephanie Christine Davidson lovingly documented this little sweater that Kacie Kim knitted for a snake named Milky Joe.
John Yard is a tinsmith, a trade for which there is now only an occasional call these days. As a maker of forms and shapes in sheet metal, he transforms things from two to three dimensionsโwith a very light touch. Heโs looking forward to doing some tinsmithing demonstrations at the Adelaide Mini Maker Faire on April 6.
Vermont-based freelance reporter and maker Bob Parks has been contributing to the pages of MAKE since Volume 01. He’s profiled makers as diverse as special effects innovator Glen Derry and synthetic biologist Drew Endy, and is the author of the very first MAKE-branded book we published (in 2005), aptly titled Makers: All Kinds of People […]
The iconic Golden Gate Bridge outshines the nearby Bay Bridge. The former is the bridge everyone who comes to San Francisco wants to see. But that could change when the Bay Lights project goes live March 5.
If you’re already thinking about Easter party planning, check out Crate and Barrel’s latest offering.
Blair Neal wrote an exhaustive Guide to Camera Types for Interactive Installations where he lays down various categories of cameras–everything from webcams to IR cameras to Kinects–and comments on their utility for different types of art installations, though I could totally see it being helpful for maker projects as well. [via Golan Levin]
