Shop Class of the Future … on Wheels
Three product designers ask the musical question: “How would you stuff the spirit of MAKE and Maker Faire into the space of a taco truck, so you could drive around and deliver making to kids everywhere?”
Technology
NEWS FROM THE FUTURE – Factory Audits Becomes a Feature
As makers we tend to care a lot about where and how things are made. Apple has been in the news regarding the factories they use such as Foxconn. So what can we all do about other companies?
Robot With Four-Wheel Steering
MAKE blog fixture Michal Zalewski is working on an omnibot that uses a single motor to control the angles of four wheels, allowing it to make sharp turns without the necessity of using mechanum gears. Of course, this being Michal, his whole project is gorgeously CNCed and cast from resin. The goal of this project […]
Wearable Electronics in The New York Times
Some nice weekend coverage for our kissing cousins over at Adafruit, who are banking hard on the future of DIY wearable electronics with their new FLORA wearable Arduino-compatible microcontroller.
Anodize Titanium with Common Ingredients
If you’d like to take a crack at anodizing your titanium camping gear, try submerging it in Coca-Cola and running 20v-100v through across it. This can be achieved using 9v batteries and a little patience. Depending on the voltage applied, you can transition between Bronze, Blue, Light blue, Yellowish, Purple, Cyan, and Green. [via hackaday]
MAKE Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
The amount of great photography in the MAKE Flickr pool keeps increasing, and our old seven-picture vertical format is feeling the strain. So this week, we’re trying something new! Click the link below to check out our new gallery-style format. And please let us know what you think. [MAKE Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup – February […]
Using a Washer as a Soldering Aid
Very clever trick from next month’s issue of The Family Handyman, submitted by reader Joseph Johnson. If you have “helping hands,” clamping wire leads against a washer, as shown, stabilizes the whole setup dramatically by connecting the two arms with a rigid member, so you can bear down a bit more with the iron without […]