Instead of cricking your neck to drink from a water fountain, what if the fountain cricked its neck for you? Tropism Well is an interactive sculpture that senses when someone is near and bows to pour water into a glass.
Pick up a copy of the new issue of MAKE and check out Steve Lodefink’s “world control panel,” but also have a look at this video of Steve’s son Harlan demonstrating all the features of the device. If it doesn’t bring a smile to your face, nothing will.
We’re thrilled to announce that Volume 32 of MAKE is on newsstands now. We’re incredibly proud of this one. It’s chock full of 23 projects that you can build and is focused on design for makers. It’s 176 pages of making madness.
When our first box of Volume 32 arrived, I was thrilled to be able to hand-deliver a couple of issues to the man on the cover, master costume maker Shawn Thorsson.
The Industrial Revolution began with kits. In 1763, Glasgow Universityโs scale model Newcomen steam engine broke, so the physics professor asked the schoolโs resident mechanic to fix it. A talented instrument maker, this university employee didnโt just get the machine working again, he figured out a clever way to improve the design by turning a […]
In developing countries, a mobility issue can create a major drain on a familyโs already sparse resources. That’s why Randy Geile designs inexpensive wheelchairs using readily available parts.
What can you make with a single sheet of plywood? Lots of things: a Blue Crab boat, a mini staircase, an 18′ canoe, the list goes on. One of our favorites appeared in MAKE Volume 19: the cozy Rok-Bak chair. Author Larry Cotton asked himself, “Can a chair be comfortable, look good, recline, disassemble for […]
