MAKE Presents: The Transistor
Collin Cunningham educates us on the transistor, the amazing component which basically revolutionized electronics.
Month: August 2013
How-To: DIY Glitter Tabletop
You need a glittery table, right? (Of course you do!) Check out this fun glitter tabletop tutorial.
LeanKit TARDIS is a Timey-Wimey Thing
When LeanKit’s growth started creating close quarters for its employees, their CEO, Chris Hefley, had a plan for expansion – make it bigger on the inside!
How-To: Honeycomb Wall Art
Add some geometric style to your home decor with this simple honeycomb wall art project!
Can 50 Closed Chicago Schools Become 50 Makerspaces?
Chicago will be soon closing 50 under-enrolled public schools. Could those 50 closed public schools become 50 makerspaces?
Making an Electric Pickle
My friends from Kaleidoscope Learning Center demonstrate the electric pickle often enough that they keep a modified AC extension cord in their car. I’m sure you can find plans to make the electric pickle online. Briefly, you cut off the female end of a heavy duty extension cord, strip the hot and neutral wires, and solder a […]
Meeting Makers in Ohio This Week
After a good weekend in Pittsburgh and the Mini Maker Faire at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, I’m heading north through central Ohio. I’ll be stopping in Youngstown, Akron and Cleveland, and there’s public meetups in Akron and Cleveland. I wrote recently following Maker Faire Detroit an article: Midwest at Its Best, and I’d like […]