Rob, one of my favorite makers is constructing a giant solar death ray, he writes… Oh man. I got my hands on a satellite dish, and soon I’ll have a free source of 13,000 watts of power! Longtime readers of Cockeyed.com will probably remember that I’ve tried this before. Inspired by the island episode of […]
NY Times photographer Vincent Laforet talks about tilt shift photos he took (great slideshow)… – [via] Link. Related: Kite aerial photo tilt shift fakes – Link. Fake Model Photography – Link. From the pages of MAKE: Tilt-Shift Photography. MAKE 09 – page 144. Flexible lens makes scenes look miniature. Subscribers–read this article now in your […]
Check out all the photos from the Extreme Crafts Exhibit in Lithuania. Pictured above is Maija Kurseva’s Graffiti Office, the Podcast Room featuring MAKE Podcasts. and Plastic Photosynthesis by Claudia Borgna where lightly folded plastic bags bring to light discarded materials. More photos on Flickr here. Link.
Make this cute kitty felt keyring which also has a heart on the other side. A great little quick gift to make! Link.
DIY Maven on Curbly shows you how easy it is to make a beautiful wooden candle holder. – Link.
Lots of new stuff in the Maker store (and a special congrats to Rob!) – Here’s a fun little open source soldering kit that provides an introduction to the capabilities of microcontrollers. The readerboard spells out preprogrammed messages such as “MAKE” one letter at a time on its alphanumeric LED display. The LED Micro-Readerboard, designed […]
Here’s a beer bottle solar-powered water heater from China – A Chinese farmer has made his own solar-powered water heater out of beer bottles and hosepipes. Chinese farmer Ma Yanjun has made his own solar-powered water heater out of beer bottles and hosepipes /Lu Feng. “I invented this for my mother. I wanted her to […]
