If I were going to be a super hero, it would be hard to choose between Carl Sagan Man and James Burke Man. I love this show, and now I can watch it to my heart’s content, for free. All three Connections series are available, as well as The Day The Universe Changed. [via adafruit]
Ever thought of making your own action figures out of construction paper? Austin Shyu is a pro at it. Owner of AusGerCo. Paper Action Figures, he makes well-known and one-of-a-kind heroes. Learn more about his lineup here.
I love these delicate and mysterious specimen prints by wondercabinet, silk screened on book pages. They feature chimera, mythological animal hybrids, and I love the way the images play with the text on each page. (Each one is, of course, unique.) All the prints in the series are on sale for the holidays to raise […]
Japanese inventor Kazuhiko Minawa designed a device that allows this electric eel to light a Christmas tree. Fantastic!
We’re thrilled to find out that MAKE has been chosen as one of Paste Magazine’s best mags for 2010. We’re in some great company, along with Wired, Esquire, The Economist, The Atlantic, and others. We, of course, especially like the line: “…the five-year-old title has out popular-mechanic-ed Popular Mechanics.” Kudos to everyone on the MAKE […]
The holiday season is in full swing! Everywhere I look there are twinkle lights, ornaments, and Christmas trees. Even us design junkies get into the holiday spirit and want to make our homes festive while still keeping in the classic retro look we all know and love. Last year I made this DIY Silver Retro […]
Chris O’Shea emailed in with his super sweet Kinect hack, allowing him to play air guitar! Written in c++ using openFrameworks and openCV for image processing. Using the ofxKinect addon and the libfreenect driver on Mac. Thank you to the openframeworks and openkinect communities for enabling this to happen. A big thank you to Microsoft […]
