Justine Haupt’s Open-Source Rotary Cellphone Puts Retro Calling Back In Your Hand
This high-tech DIY rotary phone takes away the frustrations and distractions of touchscreen smartphones
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Introducing Make:Rewind, A Video Series From Our Vaults
While cleaning the deepest darkest corners of our office, we uncovered an ancient cobweb covered box, locked with rusty cast iron locks. After a lengthy experiment with lock picking, involving various experts and ne’er-do-wells, we cracked it open to discover a plethora of videos that were never published to our youtube stream. We are happy […]
Building a Digital Readout For a Lathe From Scratch
Zach Hipps is hoping to get into wood turning on a lathe. Unfortunately, he got his lathe at the beginning of winter and his shop is cold, so his excitement is a bit muted for a while. He came up with an idea for a project to hold him over till the warmer weather […]
Maker Spotlight: Dr. Shelly Rodriguez
Name: Dr. Shelly Rodriguez Where are you located? The University of Texas What is your day job? Associate Professor of Practice, UT Austin – College of Natural Sciences Do you attend a makerspace/fablab/hackerspace? University, K-12, and community-based makerspaces in Austin Work | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook What kinds of stuff do you make? I […]
Maker Spotlight: Winston Moy
Name: Winston Moy Where are you located? Los Angeles, CA What is your day job?ย It’s complicated, but officially I’m the Director of Content for Carbide3D which is just a fancy way of saying I make CNC videos and run social media. Unofficially, I feel like the chief beta tester of the company and occasionally […]
Open Source Hardware Certifications For January 2020
The Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA) runs a free program that allows creators to certify that their hardware complies with the community definition of open source hardware.ย Whenever you see the certification logo, you know that the certified hardware meets this standard. The certification site includes a full list of all of the certified open […]
Connect Power Wheel Chairs Directly To Game Consoles With The Freedom Wing
We’ve talked about gaming and how important it is for people with special physical needs on multiple occasions here. If you haven’t seen it, just consider for a moment what a relief it could be to be able to hop into a video game and interact with the rest of the world without the stigma […]
