We journey upstream with environmentalist Dan McCormick, a maker who crafts intricate watershed sculptures out of woven willow. In the Workshop, John Park shows how to build lively and inexpensive miniature robots. Mister Jalopy reveals the hidden treasures of his “Compact Childhood Museum.” The Maker Channel segment features French fries shot from a spud gun, […]
Visit SparkLab founder and designer Syuzi Pakhchyan, a maker who explores the new frontier of high tech and fashion with her space age handiwork. In the Workshop, John Park shows us how to build a guitar out of a piece of wood, some string, nails and a cigar box. Then he “makes it rock” by […]
Visit SparkLab founder and designer Syuzi Pakhchyan, a maker who explores the new frontier of high tech and fashion with her space age handiwork. Syuzi attaches LED’s and audio recording devices to clothing to craft unique sound and light wearables. Then see the very first maker of electric fashion. Learn more about Syuzi Pakhchyan at […]
With a piece of oak, some string and a cigar box, John Park creates a three-stringed guitar. The cigar box acts as the resonating soundboard for the instrument. John then wires the guitar to a buck-fifty cassette-player amp and makes it really rock. Check out the PDF for this project. Get the m4v, subscribe in […]
In this Hidden Treasures segment, Mister Jalopy opens up his Chevy Camaro’s cassette player to show us the beauty and value of clear schematics for makers like him. Check out Mister Jalopy’s blog, Hoopty Rides. Get the m4v, subscribe in iTunes, watch on YouTube or Blip.
Make: television presents: Sunlight Poem – Ji Yeon Song’s one-day poem projector made of cardboard and sunlight. Pedal-Powered Blender – David Butcher outfits a bike with a generator that can run a blender. Handmade Theremin- Lorin Parker’s theremin works great and sounds even better. Time-lapse Camera – Jay Burlage hacks into a clock to create […]
Meet CCRMA, a group of musical makers who stretch the sonic boundaries by turning personal computers into an electronic symphony. In the Workshop, John Park hacks a Wii controller and turns it into a personal flight recorder that can measure the G forces of roller coasters and other high-speed activities. In the Toolbox segment, William […]
