“Tiny Yellow House” host Derek “Deek” Diedricksen gives MAKE a look at his brand new, multifaceted micro-structure/sleeper-cabin, “The GottaGiddaWay”- a homeless prototype built for $100.00. Subscribe to the MAKE Podcast in iTunes, download the m4v video directly, or watch it on YouTube and Vimeo. Also, for a related-style/approach project- take a video tour of Deek’s […]
Whenever I bring my TV-B-Gone out to restaurants, I look suspicious pointing it around. So I embedded the device into a jacket and turned it into a wearable TV silencer. For the switch, I sewed paths of conductive thread that become bridged by the metal zipper pull when it passes by. At the restaurant or […]
“Bokeh” comes from the Japanese word for “blur” or “haze.” It’s used to describe the quality of the out of focus areas of a photograph. If you’ve ever read a photography forum, you’ll know that the word is often used to describe how a particular lens handles out of focus points of light. You can […]
Join us Wednesday evening for the next episode of Make: Live, our streaming show and tell! Ep10 is our first ever Hackerspace Roadshow. Take a virtual road trip with us to five hackerspaces in five cities across the US to see their communities and projects. NYC Resistor Milwaukee Makerspace Twin Cities Maker at The Hack […]
Collin explains Pulse Width Modulation, a simple method for controlling analog devices via a digital signal.
In this weeks edition of The Latest in Hobby Robotics, Frits and Andrew are looking at an interesting collaborative attempt for hobbyists to get together across the globe to build the most advanced amateur humanoid robot, followed by some inspiration to show you how easy it has become to work with GPS! Links related to […]
For those of you eager to boast about your maker prowess, but haven’t yet tried Make: Projects, I encourage you to take a look at this video to introduce you to what the site is all about and how it works. Make: Projects is a constantly growing cookbook for makers, so even if you’re only […]
