Here’s my friend w0z using a skillet for surface mount electronics (DEFCON badges) – Eliot @ Hack a day writes…. While coverage of the official Defcon badge has been pretty heavy, there was a badge that was far more exclusive and talked about way more. For the last ten years at Defcon a group of […]
Today kicks off a week of free downloads from The Small Object Steno Pad. First up is this adorable Superstar Card. Check back on The Small Object Steno Pad daily for more this week.
We’re starting to see some fine submissions to our Teach Your Family to Solder MAKEcation challenge. So far, it’s been mainly kids — very little kids. While we’re thrilled that MAKE readers aren’t Nanny State types who over-protect their children, we’d love to see some older kids, teens, and more grown-ups. We’re still offering Maker’s […]
Just wanted our readers to know that we’ve revamped our Projects section (the orange tab at the top) of the site. Make: Projects now contains all of the longer, original step-by-step projects we’ve posted on MAKE. We’re working on a categorized project listing as well, so you can browse by key categories. We’ve also added […]
I love this video of Canadian textile artist Evelyn Roth‘s work crocheted from recycled video tape including a car cozy and several outfits. (Thanks, Erica!) More: Knitted Interfaces for Technology
Last week we made some super simple and comfy yoga pants from a castoff T-shirt. This week we’re utilizing the same materials because, well, we all know the abundance of T-shirts in this world is somewhat overwhelming, and while we may not be able to wear all the ones we have, we don’t necessarily just want to get rid of them. This week’s project is the minimalist baby/kid pants using an old favorite stripey tee of mine.
Check out this great interview with 7-year-old Holden Lee over at Build/Make/Craft/Bake. Holden draws these fantastic creatures that his mom silkscreens onto shirts and sells on Etsy. The bios he writes for each creature are hilarious, and he has a great take on why making art is cool (“I like to draw because whenever I’m […]
