Awesome mini-Maker, Sylvia, is back with a great video and tutorial for working with soft circuitry to create plush toys that light up over on MAKE! I bet you didn’t know that there’s a soft side to the hard edged fiberglass boarded electronics you know and love, and it’s called soft circuitry! The copper clad […]
It can be frustrating to have to take off your gloves to use your touch screen phone. Capacitive touch screens sense how conductive your fingers are, and gloves are, well, insulators. Learn to mod your gloves with conductive thread in this episode of Becky’s Workshop. See the complete how-to on Make: Projects. Subscribe to the […]
It makes me so angry when I see dead animals draped on models in magazines and they call it fashion. Real fur is unacceptable and has always made my blood boil. For years I have lamented about this barbaric trend but it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. I am not making a change by […]
Join us Wednesday evening for the next episode of Make: Live, our streaming show and tell! This episode is our Ultimate Kit Episode, in honor of the new Special Issue of MAKE, The Ultimate Kit Guide. Make: Live 20 – Ultimate Kit Episode Wednesday November 9th, 9pm ET/6pm PT Watch at makezine.com/live or on UStream […]
Rick Cavallaro and his team at DDWFTTW succeeded in making a wind powered vehicle that travels downwind at a speed faster than the wind itself. The vehicle is at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011, having newly accomplished a feat that was considered impossible by many. The vehicle is made from a combination of steel, carbon […]
Bill Brommer from the Horseless Carriage Club brought his restored Ford Model T delivery car to Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. All of the automobile enthusiasts in his club are dedicated to the restoration of old cars built prior to 1916. Watch more videos from Maker Faire Bay Area, Detroit and New York. Subscribe to […]
Ruby, Lena and Charlotte are three young girls who built a secret knock gumball machine by following Steve Hoefer’s instructions in MAKE. As demonstrated at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011, a special knock (shave and a haircut, but don’t tell…) activates the gumball dispenser. For their next project they are thinking of designing a car that looks like a camel.
