From the the Institute for the Promotion of the Less than One Millimeter, The Micropolitan Museum! – “For several centuries artists have depicted the human figure, still-lifes, landscapes or non-figurative motives. One subject has been widely neglected all those years: Micro organisms! The Micropolitan Museum finally exhibits these often overlooked works of art which are […]
knitgrrl Shannon has declared November, NaNoSewMo (National Sweater Knitting Month) and has created a cool knit-a-long! Shannon says, “How it works with NaNoSweMo: knit a 50,000-stitch sweater in a month. Or therebouts. I’ve never actually thought about sweaters in stitch count terms, that’s crazy talk. But if you divide your chosen sweater pattern’s rows or […]
Nat writes – “Crafter Lauren Mc Nees wrote us because she couldn’t find CRAFT at Newsbeat, the #1 place to get magazines in Davis, CA. Our amazing Circulation Director Heather Harmon was on it, and now you can get your issue of CRAFT magazine, as well as MAKE magazine, whenever you stop by Newsbeat (514 […]
While at the G4 studios, I got a tour of their prop making facilities. Prop people are awesome because everyday they get requests like, “We need a miniature star trek set with a green screen.” Then they fulfill those requests… rad! – Link to photoset
MAKE group member Leevonk has a great Instructable on franken-modding a Furby… he writes – “I took control of a furby’s body using a PIC16F877 microcomputer. Videos on last step. The furby’s in-built sensors and actuators: light sensor, IR sensor, IR transmitter, tongue touch sensor, belly touch sensor, microphone, speaker. The furby’s main (and only) […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Svofski writes – “Made from junk computer parts and household items, mostly. Runtime is approximately 30 minutes on 200ml jar of freshly boiled water. Infinite if the jar is heated. The speed is modest at about 100RPM tops. No lathe required, only drill press, some minimal milling work, soldering, and […]
Thanks Vicki! Just in time for the cold of winter, she’s given us this hip (and fast) knitting pattern to make some cool fingerless gloves. Link.
