If you’re in the San Antonio area and want to help found a hackerspace, get in touch with 10bitworks. So far it looks very preliminary — the unofficial logo above is merely one the group has brainstormed on their forums. However, it sounds like they’ve found a space. Good luck guys and be sure to […]
MAKE Volume 23 is on newsstands now! In this special GADGETS issue, we show you how to make a menagerie of delightful machines: a miniature electronic Whac-a-Mole arcade game, a tiny but mighty see-through audio amplifier, a magic mirror that contains an interactive animated soothsayer, a self-balancing one-wheeled Gyrocar, and the Most Useless Machine — […]
I’m at the Henry Ford Museum, behind the scenes of this weekend’s Maker Faire Detroit. This is the nerve center of the entire operation. It’s hard to believe that a team with fewer than 12 core players can create an event with more than 260 makers. Current tasks include coordinating the needs of each and […]
Calling all maker musicians, toy orchestras, jug bands, marching bands, sonic bit-twiddlers, cigar box punk rockers, and Detroit bands of all flavors looking for the limelight. We still have a few openings on the Center Stage at Maker Faire Detroit this weekend (July 31, Aug 1). If you’re interested in performing, please send us a […]
Check out CRAFT’s shiny new YouTube channel! Up until now, we’ve shared seats with MAKE on YouTube, but we’re proud to announce our own space to grow our CRAFT Video offerings. You can subscribe to our channel in YouTube so you never miss another episode, and browse our how-to archive full of fun projects.
Hi Crafters! Just announced by our Publisher Dale Dougherty is our new Make: Projects site! Dale writes: Make: Projects is a living library for makers, a how-to community hosted by MAKE magazine! Here you can build something from our growing cookbook of projects, tweak existing projects to improve them, share your own step-by-step instructions, discover […]
Just a friendly reminder to those of you who are polishing up your entries for the Gadget Freak Design Contest: The deadline is tonight at 11:59 PM California time. The grand prize is $1000 cash and a free storefront in Makers Market. When you enter, be sure to upload finished or in-process project shots or video to the contest Flickr pool!
