MAKE Volume 31 Web Extras and Downloads
Web extras, code, diagrams, and templates for MAKE Volume 31.
Month: March 2013
Paint a Scallop Border
Sometimes all you need for a room makeover is some new paint.
Justina Blakeney’s Jungalow
I am loving Corinne Leigh’s most recent episode of Recreate on About.com where she visits the fabulous and stylish Justina Blakeney. Justina’s “jungalow” is endlessly inspiring and together they show us how to make our own customizable hanging planters. What an awesome project to do to prepare for spring!
How-To: Geometric Felt Coasters
Make a set of stylishly modern no-sew geometric felt coasters!
Flashback: Rainbow Pots for St. Patrick’s Day
We’re feeling lucky as we craft these rainbow painted pots for St. Patrick’s Day. Make some pretty pots of your own today on CRAFT!
The Internet of Living Things
One of my big dreams is to communicate fluently with animals. I’m completely aware of how crazy that might sound. In fact, that’s why I almost never discuss or admit to it. It seems too far out there for most people.
But does it really seems that far fetched? When my grandparents were my age, I don’t think they ever could have imagined that they would be able to have video calls with someone halfway around the world or access to so much of the world’s information at the tip of their fingers. It’s impossible to predict where the technology might evolve.
Last week at TED, the interspecies communication movement recieved a huge boost. An unlikely team of Peter Gabriel, Vint Cerf, Diana Reiss, and Neil Gershenfeld (the intellectual godfather of the Maker Movement) announced their plans for an interspecies internet. My heart soared!
Roll Your Own Crowdfunding: The Scout Story
Recently, we unveiled our Scout pre-order site to the world. Scout is a hassle-free, do-it-yourself home security system. You can check it out at www.scoutalarm.com. We took a gamble with the Scout project and “rolled our own” crowdfunding site. Similar to Lockitron, Scout would not be allowed on Kickstarter since our products haven’t been produced yet, so we had to forgo that avenue for fundraising and strike out on our own. Luckily, Lockitron made our path a little easier by open sourcing its project.
The Scout project is, thus far, not wildly oversubscribed like Lockitron, but we’re doing well for being two weeks in. What we’ve realized in the process is that there’s not a lot of information available on what it takes to roll your own crowdfunding site. We’re one of only a handful of companies that has taken a shot at it, so we want to pass along what we’re learning as we go. Hopefully, this post will make it a little easier for the next company that follows behind us.