Houston Hosts its First Maker Faire
Robotics, 3D printing, fast electric cars, e-textiles, gourmet food trucks, and lots of hands-on making at Houston’s first-ever Maker Faire.
Technology
Delighting in Delivering Light to the World
D.Light Design makes an efficient, affordable solar lantern for people in developing countries.
The Flora
Adafruit’s new wearable electronics platform.
Good Design Gets Out of the Way
Arduino’s Massimo Banzi on interaction design.
Made on Earth: Let’s Dance
Dodecaudion is a gesture-based, spatial interface that allows performers to create music by moving hands or other body parts around the 12-sided structure.
Google+ Hangout on Air Today: All About MAKE’s Just-Published Vol. 33
Join the editors of MAKE for a live and online conversation on Google+ today about our just-released new issue–Volume 33.
Relay-Triggered Cat Feeder
MAKE contributor Jonathan Foote turned an motion-activated candy dispenser into a cat feeder with the addition of an Evil Mad Science Art Controller coupled with an ordinary vacation timer. The Art Controller is a board with an ATtiny2313 and a relay, and is designed to be a simple solution for laypeople to safely trigger high […]