Maker Spotlight: Blue Martin
When she’s not refereeing roller derby or caring for her pet pigs, Blue Martin can be found whizzing around a racetrack in a tiny electric waffle.
Weekend Watch: Gloves, Gloves, and More Gloves
Make: intern Lisa Martin fell down a rabbit hole of interesting glove crafting videos — and thankfully survived to regale us with her adventures.
Maker Spotlight: Emily Coker
Emily Coker knows her way around nearly every part of the workshop. She gets crafty, builds robots, and has been known to write books, too.
Make This Amazing Plague Doctor’s Mask
Just in time for Halloween, sew up this arresting plague doctor’s mask.
BITalino (r)evolution
Welcome to the Biosignal Revolution Suppose you could measure your mood, your stress level, or enthusiasm electronically and use it to control your surroundings? I have been using the original BITalino board for a couple years — an Arduino-like microcontroller dev board with built-in biosignal sensing modules — in projects such as mood-controlled inflatable wearables […]
Keeping Focus: Making Film Gear in the USA
“It’s something I wanted. Other people wanting it turned it into a business, but I wanted this function for my own filmmaking.”
This Solar-Powered Rover Takes Voice Commands from a Pebble Smartwatch
Solar Power? Check. Pebble watch app and controls? Check-check. Voice Control? Check. Knight Rider theme music? Check!
