In this ‘Sneaky Gadgets’ segment, Cy Tymony demonstrates some innovative and sometimes stealthy uses for magnets. Tired of zippers and buttons? Make like Cy, and insert magnets into your clothing as an E-Z fastener. This prolific Los Angeles-based author and Maker also offers other accessible projects that are great to try with young makers; check […]
Here are this week’s Maker Channel videos from Make: television. Theremin Orchestra – Masami Takeuchi’s instrumental ensemble looks amazing and sounds even better. Smoke Ring Machine – Ali Momeni shows off his programmable smoke ring generator. Pulse-Jet Bike – Robert Maddox pulse-jet engine-powered bike makes tracks. [Trouble Maker] Drink Beer on CSPAN – Bill Barminski […]
John Park shows how to make a Digital Television Antenna. Check out the plans for building your own. Check out the comments below to see how people have modified our design, and the success some people have had. If you do anything differently or better, be sure to leave a comment in the blog! Watch […]
Behind the Scenes at the permiere of Make:television @ Geekdad – Dan writes – MAKE:television invited GeekDad to their premiere event in Minnesota this week. GeekDad John and I played with some of the projects they built on the air, met the host, John Park and got a preview of the series. It was a […]
Make: television Episode 2: Maker Cris Benton takes spectacular aerial photographs by rigging remote-controlled cameras to high flying kites. In the Maker Workshop John Park builds a Burrito Blaster, which can propel a burrito 50 yards, and Mister Jalopy shows off his giant iPod. The Maker Channel features vegetable flutes, cool remote control robots, printer […]
Here’s a list of all of the markets that are premiering MAKE: television this weekend. For a complete list of stations, visit www.makezine.tv/broadcast.
Remember you can watch all of our episodes online at makezine.tv. Episode 2 will be live on January 10th at 7am CST.
Florida
Tampa-St. Pete, WEDU, 1/9/2009 Fri at 3:00 PM
http://www.wedu.org/
Oklahoma
Tulsa, RSU Public Television, 1/9/2009 Fri at 1:00 PM
http://www.rsupublictv.org/
California
Los Angeles, KLCS, 1/10/2009, Sat at12:00 PM
http://www.klcs.org/
San Francisco, KQED, 1/10/2009, Sat at 8:00 AM
and KQED WORLD (Digital 9.3 & Comcast Cable 190) Sat 2pm & 7:30pm
http://kqed.org/
DC
Washington, DC, WETA,
1/10/2009, Sat 5:30 PM
www.weta.com
Here are the viewer-submitted Maker Channel videos for episode 2 of Make: television Veggie Flute – Junji Koyama makes beautiful music with carrots, peppers and broccoli. Swashbot – I-Wei Huang shows off his cool crab-like remote control robots. Latte Art Printer – Oleksiy Pikalo programs his printer to etch intricate designs in a latte’s froth. […]
