From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Flickr pool member Fungus Amungus made these chic speakers using Munny figures as enclosures. Not sure what level of hifi those little guys can deliver, but considering the cuteness factor – I might not even care much. – Munny speakers on Flickr Update: As pointed out in the comments […]
Continuing on the list of things to do, MAKE and learn about in NYC for Makers, I visited the Sciencebarge in NYC, here’s a bit about it and my photos! The Science Barge is a prototype, sustainable urban farm and environmental education center. It is the only fully functioning demonstration of renewable energy supporting sustainable […]
Rostichery shows you how to make this beautiful and easy one-seam convertible dress. I love that it’s so easy to make, yet can be worn in an endless array of combinations. Variations of this type of dress have been around for years (some of them selling for hundreds of dollars!) so it’s great to finally […]
Chickpea Sewing Studios created this fun and easy reversible placemat tutorial for The Sewing Republic, who turned it into a video you can watch here. Related: • Patchwork Placemats • Turn a Placemat into a Totebag
More crazy jet-powered action, this one a pulse-jet strapped to the side of a 1950s cruiser bike. Jet bike,75 MPH
Andrew Salomone made this “Offline Oracle” take on a Ouija board. He made it as an “internet substitute” art piece. He writes: The point of this piece is that access to information clearly does not make us smarter, if we are unable to figure out how to apply the information we have to some useful […]
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have come up with a way of making solar photovoltaic cells more efficient by making them fuzzy with nanowires. Boosting solar cell efficiency The idea is [to] use nanowires to more efficiently conduct electrons from the collection surface of the solar cell to an electrode. Contemporary thin-film […]
