Month: February 2013

Black Makers Month: Chad Jenkins

Odest Chadwicke Jenkins is my friend and neighbor. If I really wanted to split hairs, Chad is more a scientist than a maker. I will overlook that small technicality because the work that Chad does is profoundly awesome and has mega impact in the world of robotics, which affects every maker working with robots. Chad and I share many interests including video games and robots and I find it interesting that he runs the lab previously occupied by Leslie Kaelbling, one of my former mentors, who is now at MIT. Chad played rugby in college, so you don’t want to mess with him! Chad is so cool, he was recently named as one of the “Brilliant 10” by Popular Science.

Continue Reading February 12th, 2013 Kipp Bradford70

New Steampunk Book from MAKE and O’Reilly: Vintage Tomorrows

In Vintage Tomorrows, a new book from MAKE and O’Reilly Media, Intel’s resident futurist Brian David Johnson joins James H. Carrott in a globe-spanning journey to dig beyond definitions and into the heart of the growing Steampunk subculture. Through interviews with experts such as Margaret Atwood, China Miéville, William Gibson, Cory Doctorow, Bruce Sterling, and James Gleick, this book looks into steampunk’s vision of old-world craftsmen making beautiful hand-tooled gadgets, and what it means for our age of disposable technology.

Continue Reading February 12th, 2013 Brian Jepson2

Spaced Out with the Makers of the FFD Space Suit

An interview with Nik Moiseev and Ted Southern, the makers of the Final Frontier Design Third Generation space suit being developed for commercial space flights.

Continue Reading February 12th, 2013 Nick Normal

Boo the Dog Valentine Printables

Your last-minute Valentine’s Day card needs are now taken care of.

Continue Reading February 12th, 2013 Lish Dorset2

Network Enabled ShapeOko CNC Uses Raspberry Pi and Alamode

Kevin Osborn was tired of worrying about getting dust from his ShapeOko CNC mill into his computer. Using a Raspberry Pi and an AlaMode shield he can now send G-Code to the machine over his wireless network, leaving his computer clean and available for other tasks. According to Kevin, “this is of the simplest and most rewarding applications of AlaMode.”

Continue Reading February 12th, 2013 Michael Castor8

MAKE Asks: Books that Inspire you to Make

MAKE Asks: is a weekly column where we ask you, our readers, for responses to maker-related questions. We hope the column sparks interesting conversation and is a way for us to get to know more about each other.

Continue Reading February 12th, 2013 Michael Colombo34

World’s Largest Rubik’s Cube Mosaic Uses 85,794 Cubes

Toronto-based CubeWorks Studio has set the record for “Largest Rubik’s Cube Mosaic Ever Created” by using 85,794 Rubik’s Cubes to recreate the skyline of Macau, China. The 13-foot-high, 200-foot-wide mural was installed in sections on the Macau waterfront in December. Here’s a time-lapse video showing the mural being assembled and unveiled:

Continue Reading February 12th, 2013 Goli Mohammadi

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