Cricut’s Unfair Lockdown
With their latest update, you have to pay to use more than 20 files per month. Here’s what’s up, and some alternative machines to look at.
Craft & Design
From traditional crafts to modern crafts, we’re covering news and interesting projects to educate you and keep you inspired. Design trends and pop culture related projects are here to inspire.
Cool These Oversized Chips With a Tasty Beverage
Software engineer Jason Coon is delighting the Internet with his slate beverage coasters designed like classic computer chips.
A Timelapse Rig Fit For A House Plant
Timelapse videos have a magical feeling to them. They give us the ability to sit back and watch time fly by lets us see patterns and movements we would normally be completely oblivious to. In this case Jordan, from I Want To Make, shows us how to create a timelapse rig for a plant that […]
Can You Make A Wooden Canoe, Without The Wood?
When an engineer gets curious about whether or not a thing can be done, typically we get some interesting results. Xyla Foxlin had previously made some fantastically beautiful wooden canoes and found herself wondering, at the fiberglass covering step, if she could forego all the fancy woodwork and end up with a somewhat clear fiberglass […]
This Giant Arduino Actually Works… Kind Of
Any maker who loves their Arduino wishes they had more. Typically though, they don’t simply mean BIGGER. Zach, however, did mean bigger: 12 times bigger! Zach’s giant Arduino is mainly comprised of wood, cnc milled to look like the tiny blue board. A fresh coat of paint and some 3d printed connectors and chips bring […]
Tis The Season For Maker Contests: Space Plants and Holiday Decorations
With holiday vacations coming up, what better way to spend a little time away from work than with a maker contest? We are very happy to announce a pair of fun and inventive competitions happening right now on Make: Projects. Growing Beyond Earth Maker Challenge NASA has proposed an interesting problem to solve: growing plants […]
These Blobs Are Actually Clever Data Visualizations
I met John Kuiphoff a couple years ago and was blown away by some very clever data visualizations he shared based on people’s YouTube channels. John’s back, and this time with another very creative approach to data visualization. In this project, John is wanting to display how much sunlight hits a specific location throughout the […]
