Turns out the FANUC robots can be used for more than just giving humans an occasional ride, Eric writes in with this student project – Link & mirror. More: Central Lakes College robotics – Link. Robotics @ MAKE – Link.
Nat writes – Hellooo Crafters! Take advantage of the cold weather tonight, stay in and craft your entry to our “Recycle Your Heart” CRAFT Valentine’s Day Card Contest. You really do still have time! All entries must be in by tomorrow, Friday, Feb 8 at 5pm (PST). Just remember you must include some sort of […]
Jaanus Kase posted instructions over on Skype’s developer site for enabling higher quality 640×480 video. You need to upgrade to the latest Skype release (2.5.0.85 or later for mac and 3.0.0.216 for PC), quit Skype, and then edit the config.xml file in your settings directory (“~/Library/Application Support/Skype/[skypeusername]/” in OS X). You should see an entry […]
This year at Maker Faire, we plan to have a building full of great Halloween projects. We’d like to encourage you to submit proposals for scary, freaky and fun Halloween projects, perhaps ones that you wish more people had a chance to see more than once a year. The Maker Faire Bay Area in May […]
Hi Crafters! We are holidng two open auditions for Maker Faire. One in LA on Sunday, February 18 at Machine Project (1200 D North Alvarado Street, Los Angeles, CA 213-483-8761) from 1-4pm. MAKE and CRAFT editors Dale Dougherty, Mark Frauenfelder and Carla Sinclair will be there. Our second audition is in Menlo Park at TechShop […]
Hellooo Crafters! Take advantage of the cold weather tonight, stay in and craft your entry to our “Recycle Your Heart” CRAFT Valentine’s Day Card Contest. You really do still have time! All entries must be in by tomorrow, Friday, Feb 8 at 5pm (PST). Just remember you must include some sort of recycled goods in […]
Tim writes – Kombucha is a fermented tea beverage popular in Russia, China, and elsewhere. The culture forms a leathery skin called the “mother” that floats on top. This week’s Instructables TV episode shows how to wrangle the jellyfish-like “Mother” and make Kombucha 5 gallons at a time. This method produces a fizzy carbonated kombucha […]
