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The maker instinct is contagious, so as soon as I saw Matt Richardson and Becky Stern explain how they produce MAKE Live using software called Wirecast, I knew this is something I wanted to try, too.
Turn discarded tires into festive summertime decor with a recycled tire flower planter!
All systems are go here at Maker Camp HQ. We kick off six weeks of projets and fun this Monday, July 8 on Google+. But the lively community of young makers on the Maker Camp community isn’t waiting until Monday to start making. The number of projects posted to the page grows by the hours. Here are a handful of projects that caught my eye.
Ron Jones’ famous infographic, now 100% as beautiful and inspiring at less than 1% of the file size, thanks to Caltech’s Dr. Nicolas Lee. Hooray, vector art!
Maker Kevin James Hunt writes, “A lot of people have asked me ‘Why would you, as an adult, want to own a ball pit?’ There’s something about a ball pit that just screams PURE FUN. You cant sit in a ball pit and not smile. I have spent a large portion of my summer in my balcony ball pit, and I could go on about stress-relieving effects, or about ‘deciding what ‘being an adult’ means in the 21st century,’ or even about how this is probably something you dreamed about as a child/teenager/college student, but really, it’s a ball pit on a balcony. How does that NOT sound awesome?”
Award-winning comic artist Shannon Wheeler joins MAKE.
Crochet designer Twinkie Chan created this fantastic Crocheted Slushee Bag along with free instructions and patterns so that you can make your very own.
