Maurice Connolly built a 300 lb steel sculpture and dropped it off a cliff. He pitted his art against gravity, just to see what would happen. The piece is a massive sphere called Ganymede- constructed from recycled wine barrel hoops and hundreds and hundreds of bolts. Once Maurice mastered the material and perfected the form, […]
Check out our favorite pics from the Flickr pool this week. Featured is “Double Pendulum with LEDs” from Michael G. Devereux.
For eight days, David Malki’s Wondermark webcomic was turned into the Tinker’s Handbook, a loving send-up of MAKE and maker culture. He ended the “handbook” with this wonderful Maker’s Bill of Rights-like “codified set of the builder’s, crafter’s, maker’s rules. [via Boing Boing, by way of MAKE’s Laura Cochrane] Wondermark’s Nominally-Essential Tinker’s Handbook: The magazine […]
Come meet some great makers from the Boston area and their projects at the Cambridge Mini Maker Faire this Saturday afternoon. We’re part of the Cambridge Science Festival’s fun filled Science Carnival, being held from noon to 4pm on Saturday May 7, on the grounds of Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School The Mini Maker Faire will be on the tennis courts, next to the Cambridge Public Library.
https://cdn.makezine.com/uploads/2011/05/xed1bk5mxjm Join us Wednesday evening for the next episode of Make: Live, our streaming show and tell! Ep08 is all about brewing- beer and coffee. Make: Live 08 – Brewing Beer & Coffee Wednesday May 11th, 9pm ET/6pm PT Watch at makezine.com/live or on http://www.ustream.tv/channel/make-live Please join us in the UStream chat or mark tweets […]
We just got the numbers back, and so far there will be 526 Makers from 33 states in attendance at the upcoming 2011 Bay Area Maker Faire! In honor of this excellent display of diversity I wanted to share with you the super cool 50 and 50 project — 50 state mottos illustrated by 50 designers, one per state.
Welcome to the newest video series from makezine.com, The Latest in Arduino. This series will cover information related to the Arduino, including book reviews, interviews with makers using the Arduino (and -duino clones) for special projects, new Arduino-related products, and more – every other week. Many episodes will also feature a hands-on activity performed by […]
