French artist Etienne Cliquet has developed a beautiful form of micro origami with a mesmerizing twist. After precisely cutting and folding a small square of paper (using tweezers, mind you), he then carefully places the resulting sculpture on the surface of water. As capillary action pulls moisture through the paper, the tiny sculpture appears to […]
I love this R2D2 quilt posted by Flickr user, Overweight glob of grease. A friend made this R2-D2 quilt for me. The exquisite details are entirely hand-stitched. The maker used an Artoo-Detoo kite as a template. Check out the extra photos for close-ups of the piecing.
Here at MAKE, we love both coffee and photography, but who knew that these two passions could be combined like this? Our friends at Photojojo have an excellent step-by-step tutorial on how to use instant coffee and vitamin C to process black and white negative film. Of course, there are a few other household ingredients […]
Technically, the Android Open Accessory SDK requires either the Nexus S or Nexus One running Android 2.3.4. However, thanks to the latest CyanogenMod and some documentation from Mitch Altman, you can use it with other phones. Mitch has gotten it working with the G2: On June 5th, 2011, about 40 people (or more) gathered at […]
Modern solar and battery technologies will soon make it into our everyday gadgets. Until then, you’ll have to hack together something akin to Paulie1982’s solar powered cellphone. [via hackaday]
Who knew making homeade gin was as easy as infusing? Check out Jefferey Morgenthaler’s process over on MAKE. What a great base for summer gin and tonics! More: The Double Rainbow Cocktail Recipe: Mojito Float Best of CRAFT 2010: Cocktail Recipes
Bre Pettis, former MAKE video star and co-founder of MakerBot Industries, will be the Colbert Report tomorrow night, Wednesday, 6/8, at 11:30pm. Make it a deep geek night. Watch Make: Live and then see Bre on Colbert.
