MAKE is thrilled to offer this free 35 minute film for download! – “Glimpses of How it’s made” – a tour of how many things in our world are made, each segment is 6 minutes (hence the full name “Six-Minute Manufacturing Glimpses of How it’s made”). Learn about, get inspired, and see how it’s made: […]
This site reminds me of many of our pages in MAKE, but instead of making an Atari 2600 PC or a VCR cat feeder, you make a tasty meal. Tons of photos, step by steps, time required and more. Now I’m hungry. Link.
Remember building forts out of old boxes? I do, but mine were nowhere close to being as cool as the Super Colossal Cubby House. It is made from 100% recyclable cardboard, and the pattern is available online for free. [via] Link Related: HOW TO – Build a cardboard spaceship – Link
Coldclimate writes – Tim’s TV programs here in the UK really inspired me aged ten (The secret life of machines). You can now download all of his brilliant series online too. He and Rex Garrod take things to pieces, explain how they work in wonderfully easy to understand chunky, and all of the animations he […]
Steve writes – The Tooth Tunes Musical Toothbrush plays two minute pop song clips to help kids count down an appropriate length of tooth brushing time. Suspecting that this used a transducer to conduct the sound through the bristles and into the jaw (bone conductance) I wanted to both know for sure and see how […]
Gizmodo on Pop Sci’s beer machine @ Maker Faire… Giz’s semi-goddess Sarah Meyers went to Maker Faire to admire all kinds of wonderful machines, and videotaped this straightforward demo of the workings of The Device, the first all-in-on beer machine. It’s our favorite by far, not because of its design or ingenuity, but because of […]
Even though alkaline batteries are slowly disappearing in exchange for the re-chargeable nickel metal hydride and lithium in most consumer electronic devices, there are still a few people who use them. Here’s a nice project to test the strength of the remaining AA batteries you have lying around your house if you can’t find your […]
