Here’s a neat way to levitate a screw with stuff you likely have around the house (besides the magnets) – I’m a little unsure about this one, but will look in to it— “The Levitating Screw is a great trick to do at parties. All you need are two (fairly strong) magnets, a screw, a […]
Machine Project is putting on a MAKE 07 launch party – “Saturday night: Launch party for the brand new issue of Make at Machine Project Los Angeles. Jed Berk will be there to talk about autonomous flocking behaviour in robotic blimps, Make editor and internet superstar Mark Frauenfelder will be there to introduce the new […]
MAKE is coming to Japan! It will have a lot of our content from the pages of MAKE, but will be specifically for Japan. We’ll be shipping at the end of August, here’s a bit about it and pre-order (Japanese) – “「モノã€ã‚’作り出ã™ãƒ†ã‚¯ãƒŽãƒã‚¸ãƒ¼ãŒç¾åœ¨ã®PCã¨åŒã˜ã‚ˆã†ã«å®‰ä¾¡ã«æ‰‹ã«å…¥ã‚Šã€å°‚門的ãªçŸ¥è˜ãŒãªãã¦ã‚‚自分ã®ä½œã‚ŠãŸã„ã‚‚ã®ã‚’容易ã«ä½œã‚‹ã“ã¨ãŒã§ãる時代ãŒè¿‘ã¥ã„ã¦ã„ã¾ã™ã€‚オープンソースãŒã‚½ãƒ•ãƒˆã‚¦ã‚§ã‚¢ã®ä¸–界を変ãˆãŸã‚ˆã†ã«ã€ã€Œå·¥æ¥ã®å€‹äººåŒ–ã€ã¨ã€Œãƒãƒ¼ãƒ‰ã‚¦ã‚§ã‚¢ãƒãƒƒã‚ングå¯èƒ½ãªæ©Ÿå™¨ã®æ™®åŠã€ã«ã‚ˆã£ã¦å¤‰ã‚るテクノãƒã‚¸ãƒ¼ã¨ç§ãŸã¡ã¨ã®é–¢ä¿‚ã‚’ä¼ãˆã‚‹ã®ãŒã€ŽMakeã€ã§ã™ï¼ˆè‹±èªžç‰ˆã¯å£åˆŠèªŒã¨ã—ã¦ç™ºè¡Œã•ã‚Œã¦ã„ã¾ã™ãŒã€æ—¥æœ¬èªžç‰ˆã¯è‹±èªžç‰ˆã‚’å†æ§‹æˆã—ãŸæ›¸ç±ã‚·ãƒªãƒ¼ã‚ºã¨ã—ã¦åˆŠè¡Œã•ã‚Œã¾ã™ï¼‰ã€‚ãã®ä¸å¿ƒã‚’ãªã™ã®ã¯å®Ÿéš›ã«æ‰‹ã‚’å‹•ã‹ã—ã¦æ¥½ã—む「プãƒã‚¸ã‚§ã‚¯ãƒˆã€ã®ç´¹ä»‹ã€‚安価ãªæ料やä¸å¤è£½å“を利用ã—ã¦ã€å®Ÿç”¨çš„ãªã€Œãƒ¢ãƒŽã€ã‚’作る方法をステップãƒã‚¤ã‚¹ãƒ†ãƒƒãƒ—ã§è§£èª¬ã—ã¾ã™ã€‚ä»–ã«ã€å…ˆé€²çš„ãªå–り組ã¿ã‚’è¡Œã£ã¦ã„ã‚‹ç ”ç©¶è€…ã®ã‚¤ãƒ³ã‚¿ãƒ“ューやã€ã‚¬ãƒ¬ãƒ¼ã‚¸ã§ç”Ÿã¿å‡ºã•ã‚Œã‚‹ãƒ¦ãƒ‹ãƒ¼ã‚¯ãªã‚¬ã‚¸ã‚§ãƒƒãƒˆã‚’紹介ã™ã‚‹ã‚³ãƒ©ãƒ ã€ãƒ†ã‚£ãƒ ・オライリーをã¯ã˜ã‚充実ã—ãŸåŸ·ç†é™£ã®ã‚¨ãƒƒã‚»ã‚¤ãªã©èªã¿ç‰©è¨˜äº‹ã‚‚豊富ã«æŽ²è¼‰ã—ã¦ã„ã¾ã™ã€‚æ´—ç·´ã•ã‚ŒãŸèªŒé¢ãƒ‡ã‚¶ã‚¤ãƒ³ã‚‚特徴ã§ã™ã€‚日本語版Vol.1ã®ãƒ—ãƒã‚¸ã‚§ã‚¯ãƒˆã§ã¯ã€Œå‡§ã«ã‚«ãƒ¡ãƒ©ã‚’ã¶ã‚‰ä¸‹ã’ã¦ç©ºä¸æ’®å½±ã‚’è¡Œã†æ–¹æ³•ã€ã€Œãƒ“デオデッã‚ã‚’æ”¹é€ ã—ã¦çŒ«ã®çµ¦é¤Œæ©Ÿã‚’作る方法ã€ã€Œæ°´é“管ã§ä½œã‚‹ã‚«ãƒ¡ãƒ©ã‚¹ã‚¿ãƒ“ライザーã€ãªã©ã‚’å–り上ã’ã¾ã™ã€‚“ – Link & pre-order. It’s available on Amazon too – Link. You can […]
Ok Crafters, we have a new contest and promo with Etsy and our new magazine CRAFT, check it out – “Using whatever medium you desire (knitting, sewing, jewelry, beading, painting, photography, needlepoint, woodburning, anything!) we challenge you, the people of Etsy, to represent, reinterpret or remix CRAFT Magazine’s logo in any way you see fit. […]
Michael writes in with news from the MAKE Flickr photo pool – “1500 MAKE Flickr group users – Another milestone for ya, though 2k will be even more impressive.” – Link. Thousands of Makers and their projects all in the MAKE Flickr photo group – Join in! Let’s hit 2,000! More: View all the projects […]
OK, Makers if you haven’t already check out this week’s video edition of Weekend Projects, learn to make geometric spheres from all sorts of things you might find at a picnic. Watch the video to see how to build an icosohedron out of paper plates, cups, and plastic sheeting. This is a great project to […]
Our friends from Eyebeam are looking for some Makers – “Eyebeam is now accepting applications for the next round of R&D Fellows in the R&D OpenLab. We are looking for hardware and software hackers, techno arts-and-craftsters, and all types of open source makers to come to New York City and develop experimental creative technologies and […]
