Ford is working with MAKE to profile owners of the Transit Connect, a vehicle that offers creative types a small, modifiable vehicle to suit their passions and personal pursuits. In this series, we’ll be profiling Transit Connect owners and looking at how they’ve customized their rides. From kitchen, to backyard to a fully operational greenhouse, […]
Ethan Schlussler of Sandpoint, Idaho, built this clever bicycle-powered treehouse elevator to make it easier to reach his nearly 30-foot-high treehouse. “It was originally a 20-something speed bicycle, but first gear wasn’t slow enough, so I cut the large sprocket off the front, and welded it on the rear to get a lower gear. I also had to do away with the de-railers and make a new chain tensioner,” he writes.
This toy car kit, which the creators call the RoboTech SuperCar, will be demonstrated at World Maker Faire next month. It’s Arduino powered with RGB LED headlights and tail lights, an ultrasonic sensor, and a 24-pin RC bus that interfaces with RasPi, Teensy, or any other microcontroller.
I kinda live for the recipes over on Cup of Jo. They all look delicious, are fairly easy, and usually are contributions to the blog by talented foodies across the web. The latest chopped salad recipe looks just mouth-watering!
We love drones here at MAKE. The growth of the recreational and commercial drone space is exciting to watch. If you’re a drone enthusiast with an eye for videography we want to see your stuff and share your POV with the world on the pages of Makezine.com and our YouTube channel.
Amongst other new words joining the Oxford Dictionaries Online this month are the words hackerspace and Internet of things.
Lee M built this sweet swinging robot for Lego Education. It’s built out a Mindstorms EV3 brick with servo-controlled legs doing the propelling, with a swingset made of a whole bunch of chassis bricks.
