Making the Final Journey Home
Building a coffin for his father was only part of the DIY story. He wanted to bring his father home himself.
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Make: Live Episode 07: Karts and Wheels (preview video)
Make: Live 07 – Karts and Wheels Wednesday April 27th, 9pm ET/6pm PT Watch at makezine.com/live or on UStream Please join us in the UStream chat or mark tweets with #makelive to interact live with the show. We also give away a fabulous prize from Digi-Key to one chat member who can solve our photo […]
Model It, or Make It Modelable
This past summer I had two great interns in my lab. As usual, they taught me more than I taught them. One in particular helped me refine my thoughts on the theme that pervades my every day. When Geoff first arrived in my office, I described his summer project to him. I had written 2,000 […]
Dale Dougherty to Host Maker Faire Detroit Town Hall in Grand Rapids on Tuesday
Scene from Maker Faire Detroit 2010, from RDECOM’s Flickr set Dale Dougherty, General Manager of MAKE magazine, will be visiting Grand Rapids next Tuesday to meet with the region’s tech-design-arts community. He’ll be there to meet with local makers and to invite them participate in the Detroit Maker Faire 2011. Here are the details: When: […]
Talkin’ Trash with Joe Sandor
This post is one of a set sponsored by Dial for Men and their “30 Days of Dirt” campaign. We had complete editorial control over the content and decided to talk to some makers who aren’t afraid to get good and dirty in their work. Today we talk to Joe Sandor about the molten-metal world […]
Meet The Makers: Jason, Jimmy and Kiran
Jimmy Chion, Jason Chua, and Kiran Malladi are the creators of Lightchimes, a beautiful lamp made from 169 hanging LED pendants. The circuit is simple, but the results are complex. This project is about interaction- without interference from a participant, the lights would never shine. Similarly, without collaborative interaction, this project would never have become […]
MAKE, Makers in the Washington Post
Photo by Matt McClain for the Washington Post Washington Post writer Michael S. Rosenwald has a piece in today’s Sunday Business section entitled “Tech mogul? Nope. Any old hack will do.” It looks at the impact that the maker movement is having on real-world innovation and product development. Here are a few salient quotes: Kleinman […]