Make: Live is Tonight! Episode 15: Make Labs
Make: Live airs tonight! Ep15 is live from MAKE HQ in Sebastopol, CA.
Kits
No Heat Lava Lamp – Sylvia’s Mini Maker Show
Today we’ll show you how to make your own groovy lava lamp, no heat required! All you need are a few things you just might have in your kitchen. Lets go!
D.I.Y. Flame Tree: Brett Levine (video)
Brett Levine has been fascinated by fire since he was a boy, coming close to setting his house on fire several times during his learning process. His latest creation, the DIY Flame Tree, is a freeform construction of copper tubing with gaseous vents that can be lit for visual effect. Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 participants were invited to created their own additions to the work and then stand behind the fence to watch the pyrotechnic results of their labors.
Make: Live Episode 15: Make Labs (preview video)
Join us Wednesday evening for the next episode of Make: Live, our streaming show and tell! Episode 15 is live from Make Labs in Sebastopol California. The interns will show off projects from the magazine and their own creations, like Dan Spangler’s combustion cannon called “Big Bertha.” We’re also going to fire up the bubble […]
Open Source Interlocking, Interactive LED Surface Modules from EMSL
I want to buy, like, 100 of these interlocking motion-responsive LED modules from EMSL and cover an entire wall in my house with them. Unfortunately I can’t afford to do so at the moment, either in terms of money for that many kits or in terms of time to solder them together.
(Sigh.)
Oh well, maybe one of you can do it and post some nice video so I can live vicariously.
Metalheads at Maker Faire Detroit
Joe Sandor and the crew from Chicago Crucible demonstrate an iron pour at Maker Faire Detroit 2011. These metalheads collected metal from old radiators and coke from a Detroit power plant and then fired up the furnace. They poured the molten steel into a watermelon and other decorative molds, which were created at the Faire. Learn more about the lost art of the iron pour.
EconoSpazzi Robot
Andrew Terranova from Let’s Make Robots mods the Spazzi Robot project from MAKE 27 to use less expensive solenoids. He calls it the EconoSpazzi.