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Lock S-Foils in Monday Night Football Position

Tennessee woodworker Barry Shields’ Star Trek Enterprise NCC 1701-C Coffee Table was one of the most-trafficked posts on this site in 2012, and was published as Made in Sector Zero-Zero-One in MAKE Vol 31. Now he’s followed on (and outdone himself, I think) with this X-Wing version. Shields, father of two, works as a technician by day, and builds furniture nights and weekends in his Dad’s antiques restoration shop. Of his latest creation, Barry writes…

Continue Reading January 15th, 2013 Sean Michael Ragan9

MAKE at CES 2013: Intel Ultrabook Tree

One of the first things I saw when I entered CES yesterday was the incredible tree that sits at the corner of Intel’s booth in Central Hall in the Las Vegas Convention Center. The leaves of the tree are made out of Ultrabooks which are networked together. At the foot of the tree, booth visitors […]

Continue Reading January 9th, 2013 Matt Richardson6

DIY Smart Phone Cases

Design Sponge shows us a great way to re-purpose holiday glitz into a snazzy new iphone case. This is also excellent for me, who is a Droid user. I love the phone, but there is a serious lack of cool cases.

Continue Reading January 8th, 2013 Meg Allan Cole

Knitting Sculpture from Paper and Glue

Graphic Designer Lusi Klimenko used nothing but paper and glue to create this amazing sculpture of a basket overflowing with knitting paraphernalia.

Continue Reading December 30th, 2012 Andrew Salomone2

BouncyIrises, a Physical/Digital Interaction Game

First year ITP student Xuedi (“Zoodie”) Chen presented this awesome physical/virtual game installation as part of ITP’s Winter Show.

Continue Reading December 20th, 2012 Gareth Branwyn

Diana Eng’s Retroreflective Scarves

MAKE contributor Diana Eng made these cool retroreflective scarves that serve as hi-viz for those romantic moonlit strolls. What normally appear as subtle grey stripes, illuminates with reflected light when exposed to a direct light source. The stripes are created by tiny retroreflective lenses on the surface of the fabric. The stripes reflect different shades […]

Continue Reading December 20th, 2012 John Baichtal4

Showtime Prep at Survival Research Laboratories

Famed machine artists Survival Research Laboratories are staging a show this weekend in Los Angeles. Pictures of the Hovercraft, Mr. Satan on the Dule Mules, the Running Machine, and other SRL machines as they are being worked on and prepped for transport.

Continue Reading December 18th, 2012 Sabrina Merlo4