Haeyoung Kim, aka Bubblyfish, wanted to make an animating LED display controlled by her chiptune rock-out move, the fist pump. Her and some classmates put together this little space invader LED dude who animates when the wrist-mounted accelerometer is moved in one of a few recognized motions. They also made an instructable documenting the procedure […]
Eric Hart added a pic of these homemade prop fries to the MAKE Flickr pool. Natalie Taylor Hart took on this project. She began with an old scrap piece of upholstery foam. She set the fence on the bandsaw and cut thin strips out of the foam. She then ran these strips through the bandsaw […]
Ryan Noise shares his method for controlling the Live audio app with a few pieces of helper software, namely: OSCulator, Touchosc and Python script. As CDM points out, this process could likely be simplified by omitting OSCulator and using LiveOSC. I’ve have similar plans myself for the new tablet – unfortunately, all these handy new […]
A Portland contractor builds a secret playroom behind an armoire destined to launch a thousand Narnia jokes.
Cellbot contributor Jason has scaled things up a bit with his Boxbot. Designed using SketchUp and output on a CNC ShopBot, the Boxbot uses $10 worth of MDF and a couple of $16 windshield wiper motors to drive its wheels.
A new month means a new theme on CRAFT, and we’re proud to announce that April is all about gardening! First up is this tackle box planter by Andrew Salomone, which shows you how easy it is to transform an old tackle box, tool box, or suitcase into a tiered home for some plants. Check […]
Way back at the end of March 2007, a couple of MAKE interns sealed the lid on a ghost shrimp and a few snail friends on what the staff thought would be a three-hour tour. Err, I mean a 90-day biosphere odyssey. Yesterday at 16:35:56 marked the end of the third year of our little […]
