Meet the Flaming Lotus Girls, a women-centric maker collaborative that creates gargantuan, fire-breathing sculptures. In the Workshop, John Park builds a digital TV antenna from wire coat hangers and a $10 video camera stabilizer. William Gurstelle shows surprising uses for cable ties, and Maker Channel contributors show off a motorized lounge chair, an eye-popping I/O […]
These women are fired up: The Flaming Lotus Girls, a women-centric maker collaborative, creates gargantuan, fierce, flame-breathing sculptures. This popular Bay Area organization boasts diverse membership, welcoming members from all backgrounds. Whether they’re artists, lawyers, mothers or scientists, all Flaming Lotus Girls share two things in common: a desire to get their hands dirty, and […]
Digital converter box? Check! Great reception? Not so much. John Park shows how to take a fistful of wire coat hangers and make a TV antenna that gives great digital reception. While he’s at it, he also makes a video camera stabilizer using metal piping and counterbalance weight; great for at-home moviemaking. Check out the […]
Check out the PDF for details on making an affordable and easy-to-use steadycam. Thanks to Johnny Lee for writing the original article, found in the premiere volume of Make: Watch the DTV Antenna and Steadycam segment here.
In this ‘Toolbox’ segment, William Gurstelle demonstrates a dizzying array of applications for cable ties. Got any other “multi-tasking” tools? Let us know. Get the m4v or subscribe in iTunes. Or watch on YouTube or Blip.
Make: television presents: I/O Brush – Kimiko Ryokai’s electronic “paintbrush” transfers any object it touches, whether static or moving, onto a special board with eye-popping results. Motorized Barcalounger – Engineer Lyn Gomes’s kicks back in her motorized lounge chair. Massage Me Jacket – Hannah Perner-Wilson and Mika Satomi’s wearable massage vest acts as a video […]
Turn two salad bowls into a spherical array, ball of sound with amazing results. Thanks go to Michael Zbyszynski for the original article in Make: Volume 11.To download The Ball of Sound MP4 click here or subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete Ball of Sound article in MAKE: Volume 11 “Ball of Sound” and […]
