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MAKE Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup

MAKE Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup

It was as if there were some October-inspired conspiracy, this week, to turn the MAKE Flickr pool pumpkin orange! Fortunately I found some nice greens to round it out. Our first image this week is the mostly-completed “Most Spectacular Failure Award” trophy from last weekend’s handcar regatta. Other highlights include a beautifully printed and photographed mechanical differential, some 2-liter bottlecaps modified for a home carbonation system, and a brain in a jar. Mmmmmm. Brains in jars.

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Biocurious: Eri Gentry

Biocurious: Eri Gentry

Eri Gentry talks about Biocurious, a group that encourages diy bio labs and associated hacking. At Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 Gentry stresses the importance of play and socialization with other makers in finding biology innovations. Watch more videos from Maker Faire Bay Area . Subscribe to the Maker Faire podcast in iTunes, download the […]

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Maker Rock Star Roundup

Maker Rock Star Roundup

I was talking with one of our staff members tonight and mentioned some of the rock stars that we’ve written about over the years who are makers of some sort. After the call, I decided to scare them all up. Did I forget anybody that we’ve covered? How about other rock musicians who are makers of some sort?

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PT Sums It Up Nicely

PT Sums It Up Nicely

Our own Phil Torrone has a pithy survey of the maker movement recently published in Google’s posh advertising and marketing organ Think Quarterly. “On The Make” is written by one of MAKE’s ultimate insiders, for outsiders, and is a great resource if, like me, you’ve ever found yourself struggling for words to concisely summarize exactly […]

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