Diamond Vinyl Wall Decals Pattern
Use your Silhouette digital cutter to work a little home decor magic with this diamond vinyl decals pattern!
Month: April 2013
Quadcopter Flying Over a Field of Yellow Mustard
There is a large field of mustard a couple miles from MAKE headquarters, and for a few weeks in spring, all the mustard blooms, and the field turns brilliant yellow. On the way home from work about a month ago, I stopped at the field, with a plan to to take some photos. As I got closer to the ideal photo spot, I came across a gentleman, documentary filmmaker Michael Heumann, flying a quadcopter. We got to chatting, and I ended up snapping some photos. Michael has a DJI Phantom Aerial UAV Drone Quadcopter with a GoPro camera mounted to it, and he showed me how he had installed some Moongel pads on the top and bottom of the camera, to absorb shock to reduce video shakiness.
Temporary Housing Units
Housing people in an emergency is never easy and designer Michel Antoun has an interesting take on providing shelter. His temporary housing unit is made from compressed wood panels and folds up into a cube for easy shipping. Once deployed at a disaster site one wall cleverly folds down, which both doubles the square footage of the shelter and exposes solar cells to provide power to the shelter.
Simple DIY Tripod Lamp
Instructables artist-in-residence timwikander shares a tutorial for making the Tres Lamp, a simple tripod frame that supports a hanging pendant bulb. I admire its utilitarian simplicity.
Bugle Call: Maker Camp Needs Your Help
MAKE is kicking off another session of Maker Camp this summer. We’re getting the word out and recruiting campers at Maker Faire next month with a retro looking camp installation. But we need a really cool sign and we’re hoping to tap our local maker community for help
New Dress from Vintage Star Wars Sheets
I’m absolutely loving this fun, inspiring Star Wars dress that Devon from Miss Make made using vintage Star Wars sheets!
Building a Better Egg
The egg is a near perfect food. It’s packed with protein, vitamins, and minerals. It tastes good and lends itself to a wide variety of foods–baked good, sauces, pasta, and of of course omelets. And it comes in a tidy, easy to transport package. But the way the vast majority of eggs are produced in this country is anything, but perfect. In fact, it’s rotten. But Josh Tetrick thinks he’s found a better way.