Maker Spotlight: Jen Herchenroeder
Jen is a polymath with skills in all manner of engineering and artistic techniques and is a key member of the Baltimore maker community.
8 Tips and Techniques for Making Homemade Cheese
If you’re experimenting with home cheesemaking, these tips will fortify your fromage forays.
5,000 Lightbulbs Make Up This Shifting, Illuminated Moon
As you spin a wheel, this huge moon made of lightbulbs seems to wax and wane.
Laser-Cut Patterns in Nori for Stylish Sushi
If you want to take your sushi rolling from dull to dapper, you can add fun designs straight to the nori with a laser cutter.
Create a Faux Neon Sign with EL Wire
Bend EL wire to create safe, affordable glowing words and graphics.
Build a Simple Transistor-Amplified Touch Switch
Learn the history of the tech that gave us radio, TV, computers, and the Marshall stack — and then build a touch switch to explore how amplification works.
This Week in Making: Autonomous Boats and Wheelchairs for Toddlers
This past week we were inspired by an autonomous boat making its way across the ocean and a baby who is learning to roll instead of walk.