New in the Maker Shed: Eye Can Art Kits for kids
Choose one of our Eye Can Art Kits and make dramatic-looking collograph printed images, multiple-layered drawings on melted wax, and Japanese-style brush painting.
gift guides
Make: Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Media for makers
What maker doesn’t like to unwind with a good movie, TV show, animation, game, or book? We tend to focus a lot of attention around here on being productive, and learning specific tools and techniques. So, to change things up a bit, we’ve compiled this gift guide dedicated to leisure.
Make: Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Hobby Radio
Here are some great hobby radio gift ideas, ranging from radios themselves, to books, to the perfect radio-related vacation, everything you need to transmit a bit of holiday cheer. di-di-di-dit dah-dah-dah di-di-di-dit dah-dah-dah di-di-di-dit dah-dah-dah. Radios When looking for radios, I really like Universal Radio. They have comprehensive descriptions of all of the radios they […]
Wearable Tech gift guide on CRAFT
Over at CRAFT I posted up a guide to getting started in wearable technology for the techy crafter on your list!
In the Maker Shed: OLLO Action kit
Recently the Maker Shed started to carry OLLO kits. What are OLLO kits? OLLO is a reconfigurable construction set for beginner robot enthusiasts. Think of them as a cross between LEGO and Erector sets. We went ahead and made one of the projects from the Action kit and learned a few things along the way. Here are a few tips when making your OLLO kit.
Make: Holiday Gift Guide 2009: What’s on YOUR wishlist?
Well, after several weeks of nearly daily gift guides here on MAKE, we can’t imagine you haven’t found more than enough ideas for fun, creative, productive, smart, and just plain cool stuff to gift your friends and love ones this year. But wait, there’s more! We asked OUR friends and loved ones in the extended […]
RPM pinhole cameras, kits, and free plans
RPM cameras sells handmade mat-board pinhole cameras, optionally cased in leather as shown above. They’ll sell you a kit for half the price of a finished camera, and they also host a free tutorial on how to build a simple version for yourself. [Thanks, Billy Baque!]