I’m going back for more Attack of the Show! this Thursday! Tune in to see cool demos. I’m bringing some Twitchie robots (including Becky Stern’s stuffed scorpion, and my RoboFinger), the Tweet-a-Watt DIY power usage monitor, and everyone’s favorite light-sensitive analog synth kit, the Thingamakit. This episode will air on Thursday, February 26th at 7pm […]
About a month ago, we publicly announced details about the upcoming Make: Day at the Science Museum of Minnesota for the first time. One astute reader to our site, upon noticing the date of our event, left the following comment: 3.14 Make: Day is celebrated on Nat’l Pi Day! Totally appropriate! But what is Pi […]
You know that John Park will be on hand for Make: Day on March 14th at the Science Museum in St. Paul. But in the spirit of “25 Things About Me,” here are five facts about John that you probably didn’t know: 1. If you think a beverage tastes terrible, there’s a good chance I’ll […]
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, […]
Here’s the torrent of Episode 8 of Make: television! Episode 108: Watershed Sculptures & Miniature RobotsWe 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 […]
Journey upstream with environmentalist Dan McCormick, a maker who crafts intricate watershed sculptures out of woven willow branches. Dan places his eco-art in gullies and riverbanks to help reduce erosion and filter out sediment and farm fertilizers that can clog streams and suffocate spawning salmon. And see other manmade structures built to help fish return […]
John Park builds some lively and inexpensive miniature robots. Starting with a simple vibrabot made from a scrub brush, John assembles a solar junkbot and a slightly more complex beetlebot, which has paper clip ‘feelers’ attached to switches that allow it to respond to its environment. All it takes are a few common electronic components […]
