Vacation travel trick
Extreme videos The bike rack is a nice touch. My buddies modified Suzuki Hyabusa dirt drag bike with twin rear wheels and mud tires. Anybody got the backstory on this one? [Thanks Sandy!]
Science
DIY science is the perfect way to use your creative skills and learn something new. With the right supplies, some determination, and a curious mind, you can create amazing experiments that open up a whole world of possibilities. At home-made laboratories or tech workshops, makers from all backgrounds can explore new ideas by finding ways to study their environment in novel ways – allowing them to make breathtaking discoveries!
Making the Arduino EMF detector
Aaron ALAI’s EMF detector project looked so simple and fun I had to give it a try!
HOMEGROWN Village and Greywater Guerrillas at Maker Faire
The Homegrown Village is going to be at Maker Faire. Of their site, they say: This web site celebrates all of us who pioneer a HOMEGROWN way to live, eat, grow, and express ourselves. We connect to the land and to each other. HOMEGROWN.org is a place where we can learn from each other, share […]
Chladni plate singing
Meara O’Reilly, who works on magazine projects in MAKE Labs, is also a talented sound and visual artist. She’s just completed a short video, with her friend Lisa Foti-Straus, of the Chladni music she’s been working on. She built her Chladni (CLOD-knee) plate after working on the Chladni article in MAKE, Volume 16. She’s been […]
Maker’s Wimshurst build
Over in the Steampunk Workshop, Jake von Slatt has posted pics of a Wimshurst Influence Machine built by a MAKE reader, following Jake’s project piece in Volume 17. Nice job, Scott! He built his with more sectors on the disks, to make it even more zaptastic. Scott’s Wimshurst Machine! From MAKE magazine: Check out MAKE, […]
Weekend Project: $10 Pseudoscope
Build an amazing optical toy that plays tricks on your brain.
Incredible tire sculptures
So often creative-reuse and found-object art has a “junky” quality that’s hard to escape because…well, you know, it’s basically made from junk. I always applaud the effort to turn trash into treasure, but it’s rarely done so well as in the case of these amazing sculptures from reclaimed tires. That the material is such an […]