“The Curiosity is There:” Interview with Vincent Lai from the Fixers Collective
Vincent Lai from the Fixers Collective talks with MAKE about material literacy and competency mending, tinkering, and fixing broken objects in our lives!
Month: June 2012
Choosing Fasteners for 3D Printed Parts – Part 4
Earlier this month, we linked out to the first three posts in the I Heart Robotics team’s ongoing series about choosing hardware for the fused-filament parts that come off your RepRap-type 3D printer. On Sunday, they published the fourth installment, this time focusing on the best way to make a rotating pin joint between two printed beams.
How-To: Leaf Print T-Shirts
Do your kids need a little push to get them outdoors? Inspire them to get crafty with nature with this leaf print t-shirt tutorial that Jill from Homemade by Jill shared on Skip to My Lou’s Craft Camp series! More: How-To: Make a Sewn Leaf Garland @Craftzine.com blog How-To: Hammered Leaf and Flower Prints @Craftzine.com […]
New in the Maker Shed: Rocket Glider Kit
This Folding Wing Glider kit (available in the Maker Shed) isn’t your average balsa wood airplane. Originally designed by Jim Walker in the late 1930’s, this unique glider attracted the US military because of its high-flying abilities!
ToorCamp Open for Registration
Europe has some pretty awesome hacker camps, but ToorCamp is the only one in the States that I know of. ToorCamp, the American hacker camp, first “launched” at the Titan-1 Missile Silo in Washington State in 2009. We’re continuing the tradition on the beautiful Washington Coast and are looking for groups to participate. Show off […]
The Crazy Hat Ladies of Fiesta
St. Peter’s Fiesta is a five day celebration of the patron saint of fishermen that takes place each year in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Sisters Robyn and Amy Clayton have become infamously known as “The Crazy Hat Ladies of Fiesta” for wearing their extraordinarily crafty homemade hats to the festival. supplies for creating this year’s hats including […]
Engineer Guy vs. The Atomic Clock
Here is the fifth video in Engineer Guy Series #4. The element of the week is cesium, as in “cesium fountain atomic clock.” Watching it, my jaw was on the floor by 0:20, as Bill opens by showing off the Symmetricom CSAC, which is the world’s first fully functional chip-scale atomic clock. It’s about the size of a quarter.