Send in the Drones: MAKE Hosts a Fly-in Event
Join MAKE for a drone fly-in Jan. 20 to celebrate the release of our new “homegrown drones” issue.
Month: January 2014
How-To: Create Shelving from Vintage Crates
Sometimes I really can’t tell if my apartment is getting smaller, or if I just need more shelving, either way this HGTV Handmade video tutorial, with the infamous Meg Allan Cole, is packed with helpful shelf-making tips.
5 Easy JavaScript Tricks You Can Teach Your BeagleBone
Jason Kridner, co-founder of BeagleBone.org, took to the Electronics Stage last September at Maker Faire New York and demonstrated cool tricks you can do with the BeagleBone Black.
How-To: Stranded Colorwork Knit Headband
In the market for a cozy new knitting project? Get colorful with this stranded colorwork headband knitting tutorial!
Cover Your Ears! New Noise Making Products in the Shed
If you’ve done enough making, you’ll know that being a do-it-yourselfer can create quite a ruckus at times, intentional or not! We in the Maker Shed love our group of rowdy new products, which range from melodious to totally discordant.
Emulating Ecosystems: A Story About Beer
Businesses interested in meeting environmental sustainability goals can learn a lot from ecosystems. Functioning ecosystems are closed-loop systems, where one organism’s waste is another organism’s food or building material. An example of such industrial ecology is the ZERI beer brewing system that replaces the “make, take, and waste” linear resource stream with a circular system in which waste is treated as a resource rather than as garbage. This is biomimicry at the system scale.
How-To: Minimalist Mountain Clock
This winter, bring the simple beauty of the slopes inside with this lovely DIY minimalist mountain clock tutorial!
