We drop by the design studio of Ralph Taylor, who creates brilliant, bold, colorful and creative costumes for Mardi Gras and carnival celebrations. Originally from Trinidad, Ralph made his way to Detroit where he still practices the craft he picked up while growing up and traveling through the Caribbean.
At MAKE, we’re crazy for kits. That’s why we just produced a special issue that’s all about kits, our Ultimate Kit Guide 2012, and are also launching a new website dedicated to kit reviews, at kits.makezine.com. Available at newsstands nationwide, the Ultimate Kit Guide includes nearly 200 reviews of top kits ranging from beginner’s crafts to wooden kayaks to advanced robotics to alcoholic beverages and everything in between.
Schematics are the functional diagram of electronic circuits. Understanding how to read schematics can unlock a world of possibilities for the electronics maker.
Kristine Diven and Micho Detronik of District VII explain the interactive elements of their art installation at Maker Faire Detroit 2011. Art and electronics collide in a project which explores surveillance and humanity.
Make: Live‘s Ultimate Kit Episode celebrates the upcoming release of the Special Issue, The Ultimate Kit Guide. Ariel Churi from Sparkle Labs stepped in for Becky as guest co-host. MIT Research Fellow Michael Schrage talked about how kits drive innovation. The Make Labs interns checked in with their kit reviews, including a few siege and ballistics kits (above) and Ariel and Matt played with a few electronics kits in studio.
Join us Wednesday evening for the next episode of Make: Live, our streaming show and tell! This episode is our Ultimate Kit Episode, in honor of the new Special Issue of MAKE, The Ultimate Kit Guide.
Eric Kurland makes DIY stereoscopic (3D) cameras and displays from off-the-shelf components. He runs a 3D film festival in Los Angeles and showed off his work at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 in a special 3D village. Subscribe to the Maker Faire Podcast in iTunes, download the m4v video directly, or watch it on YouTube […]
