The Craft team is (mostly) united here in San Mateo for Maker Faire, putting the last touches on everything before the doors open to the public this morning. Here’s a photo Diane took of the demo area in Expo Hall last night; doesn’t it look so peaceful and serene? Not for long! The fun starts […]
At MAKE, we’ve featured our fair share of skid-based projects, but I really like this particularly green pallet project by Fern at Life on the Balcony. She created an excellent and detailed step-by-step guide on how to turn a pallet into a vertical garden. [via Recyclart] More: Garden pallet work table Pallet-based compost bin Pallet […]
ITP, a graduate program located in NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, explores “the imaginative use of communications technologies — how they might augment, improve, and bring delight and art into people’s lives.” ITP is running its second summer camp, a blending of an unconference and artist residency: Conferences like TED leave people energized, full […]
For a long time now, MAKE has wanted to find some way to publicly acknowledge companies that have responded in a positive way to the growing influence of maker/hacker culture. In 2006, we published The Maker’s Bill of Rights, and since then we have often been involved in exposing and lampooning particularly egregious affronts to the principles of open access to technology that it embodies.
Make: Live is broadcasting shortly! Don’t miss our Maker Faire episode where guests Super Awesome Sylvia, Jimmie Rogers, and Russell the electric giraffe join us live from the Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 preparty. We’ll be right next to the Colossus sculpture, where makers eat and drink to celebrate the weekend’s upcoming events. Make: Live […]
This may be the ultimate way to improve on the goodness of a fresh, in-season strawberry: add a crispy, deep-fried coating! Then dip it in chocolate sauce. Oh, yeah. Get all the details on how to make these over at Babble Food.
News From The Future – Fingerprints Scanned From Two Meters Away… Over the years, fingerprinting has evolved from an inky mess to pressing fingers on sensor screens to even a few touch-free systems that work at a short distance. Now a company has developed a prototype of a device that can scan fingerprints from up […]
