Making Trouble — The Year of Peak Waste
By being more careful and thoughtful about what we waste, we could have quality consumption.
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!
Old school intertubes
Photo from Museum of Retro Technology Years ago, I came upon The Victorian Internet by Tom Stangadge. It’s a fascinating read, telling the tale of how the world was girdled by copper wires carrying text messages to far flung places. The Victorian Age’s instant messaging system allowed geography and time to be compressed through the […]
Tech Challenge 2009 call for teams
The folks at Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose were our most gracious hosts for the Maker Faire Auditions on Sunday. On April 25th, the museum will play host to their 22nd annual Tech Challenge, an annual team design contest for budding engineers in grades 5 – 12. MAKE is proud to be a […]
Nine-square chair
Instructables user wholman made this nine-square chair from an old road sign by combining techniques from two other instructables. Looks nice! From the pages of MAKE, Volume 15: Street Spam Lounger built by Sean Ragan, article by Ed Troxell. Preview in our Digital Edition.
Meatricity Christmas tree
MAKE Flickr pool member Whymcycles has contributed a great Meatricity powered Christmas tree build. Colin pedals my Dad’s ’75 Schwinn Exceriser stationary bike..30,000+ miles, with a fixed magnet electric motor rubbing on the wheel.’ All sizes’ will show the simple clamp set up to hold the motor and the device itself to the fork leg. […]
DIY Bride
MAKE Flickr pool member Whymcycles cross posted the above image to The DIY Bride pool. As it turns out, there are loads of great things that the clever maker can do to spice up that most special of days. You and your family can create some wonderful materials for your wedding, from hand-made invitations, personally-crafted […]
DIY sun tracker for solar panels
You’ve probably seen a number of light-following robotics projects. Making a light detector is one of the first projects a new Arduino maker embarks on. What better way to use a light detector than to aim a solar panel at the sun? Instructables user bwitmer shows us how. For a class project (PV Design, Appalachian […]
