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Month: August 2012
Mobile Woodshop
Ron Paulk‘s mobile woodshop fits inside a 1,000 cubic foot truck and packs every major power tool with a number of rather clever storage solutions. Even better, Ron has created sketchup plans so you could build your own! [via core77]
Quilts Carved from Wood
Artist Fraser Smith has produced several unbelievable sculptures of quilts by carving them from wood and painting them with silk dyes. [via Buzzfeed]
Maker Camp: CERN and the Large Hadron Collider
Week 5, Field Trip Friday at Maker Camp. We talk to the team at CERN, the home of the world’s biggest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider.
Maker Camp, sponsored by MAKE magazine, was a virtual summer camp for teens, with a focus on creating, building, and discovering.From July 16th through August 24th, 2012, 30 awesome projects were made in 30 days, on Google+. Maker Camp is free and open to all.
Visit Makezine.com/maker-camp for more information.
You can learn more about makers who are creating their own DIY high-tech scientific tools in the current issue of MAKE Magazine. To get discounted a copy, visit MakerShed.com and use code CAMPERV31. If you’d like a discounted subscription starting with our current issue, use code CAMPERSUB. And please tune in tomorrow, 8/17 at 10am PST for a hangout with Ben Krasnow, who built his own Scanning Electron Microscope.
Maker Camp: Switch Vehicles
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Maker Camp: Ben Krasnow
A follow up hangout to our field trip to CERN. Ben Krasnow built his own DIY Electron Scanning Microscope.
Maker Camp: Week Six Preview
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