MAKE is kicking off another session of Maker Camp this summer. We’re getting the word out and recruiting campers at Maker Faire next month with a retro looking camp installation. But we need a really cool sign and we’re hoping to tap our local maker community for help
I’m absolutely loving this fun, inspiring Star Wars dress that Devon from Miss Make made using vintage Star Wars sheets!
The egg is a near perfect food. It’s packed with protein, vitamins, and minerals. It tastes good and lends itself to a wide variety of foods–baked good, sauces, pasta, and of of course omelets. And it comes in a tidy, easy to transport package. But the way the vast majority of eggs are produced in this country is anything, but perfect. In fact, it’s rotten. But Josh Tetrick thinks he’s found a better way.
Kansas City programmer Michael Overstreet wanted his own high-performance humanoid robot to experiment with, but was deterred by the $12,000 pricetag of an off-the-shelf DARwin-OP. Though a significant fraction of the cost is tied up in the top-of-the-line servo actuators the design requires to perform at spec, Michael believed he could build his own “clone” of the fully open-source design, at substantial savings, by 3D printing as many pieces as he could in fused filament, on home equipment.
At Minne-Faire this year, I ran into Jerry Bjelojac who has created the Choosatron, an Arduino-powered, coin-operated choose-your-own adventure machine that prints your quest out on a thermal printer. As technology has advanced, so has the way we tell stories. The interactive fiction genre evolved so quickly from text adventures to modern gaming that creatively […]
Organize your cables using toilet paper tubes to coil and stow individually cords and organize them in a box
The 4th annual Maker Faire UK is coming right up this weekend, April 27 and 28, at the Centre for Life in Newcastle. They have a robust array of makers who will be exhibiting their projects as well as a solid lineup of speakers and performers sure to inspire. Our very own Dale Dougherty (pictured […]
