When Joe Dragt’s office earmarked some 30 computers to be sent to recycling, he decided to step in and dismantle them himself. He scavenged the mother boards to use as canvases for his paintings. Seeing the stack of old computers, the idea just struck me…the motherboards can make for a really neat canvas. The complexity […]
This week’s Math Monday over on MAKE had an awesome crafty bent. If you knit, here’s a stuffed, dodecahedral thing–I don’t know quite what to call it–a toy, a pillow, a mathematical model? The shape is based on twelve 5-sided units like a dodecahedron. But they bump out, so the form is more like a […]
Sean at MAKE has an awesome new project over on Make: Projects. Fans of Patrick McGoohan’s classic BBC spy series The Prisoner will recognize this gimmick from Episode 15, “The Girl Who Was Death.” It’s a pint glass with words etched on the bottom (in authentic “Village” font) that appear line-by-line as the liquid is […]
I resisted playing Angry Birds for a long time, but once I started … well, the addiction came hard and fast. Now the kids and I fight over who gets to play on my phone, and I finally really get all the Angry Birds hoopla. These Angry Birds cupcakes from Dot of Dabbled are awesome. […]
Ryan McNaught, The Brickman, created this amazing Lego version of The Love Boat that is currently on display at Chicago’s Brickworld Lego convention. The display includes more than 250,000 Lego bricks and is more than 10 feet long. It has 450 minifigs enjoying a fabulous cruise and the best holiday they have ever had! Its […]
Nathan Bergey created this awesome “ISS Lamp” that glows when the International Space Station is flying overhead. The International Space Station (ISS) is a marvel of current technology and humanity. Sadly, we often forget it’s there. This light sits on a desk and lights up when the space station passes overhead. It stays lit as […]
Make: Live episode 10 is our first Hackerspace Roadshow! Thanks to our guests from Twin Cities Maker, Milwaukee Makerspace, i3Detroit, and Noisebridge. Catch up on video and notes from the show here. Subscribe to the MAKE Podcast in iTunes, download Make: Live episode 10 in its entirety (m4v or Vimeo). Also check out the chat […]
