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Awesome opportunity to work with MAKE!

MAKE is currently searching for a Maker Shed Evangelist to work with our ecommerce team. This is a contract position. You will seek out and curate cool new products for the Maker Shed store, develop our relationships with independent maker suppliers, as well as commercial suppliers, and evangelizes Maker Shed and its product offerings through […]

Inspirational Maker Videos

When I posted these videos of classical Japanese metal artist Ford Hallam, it struck a nerve in a lot of our readers. I got email, we got enthusiastic comments, and lots of people said they passed it on to other sites, to friends, and across their social networks. The consensus was: “This is one of […]

Make: Live is Tonight! DIY Musical Instruments

Make: Live is Tonight! DIY Musical Instruments

Make: Live airs tonight! Don’t miss Ranjit Bhatnagar’s Instrument-A-Day creations and Pete Edwards’ circuit-bent “synthstruments,” as fill-in cohost Collin Cunningham puts it (Matt Richardson is away this week). Make: Live 04 – DIY Musical Instruments Wednesday March 9th, 9pm ET/6pm PT Watch at makezine.com/live or on UStream Please join us in the UStream chat or […]

Maker Channel 105 – Treadmill Bike, Robostool, Foundry, Death Ray

Maker Channel 105 – Treadmill Bike, Robostool, Foundry, Death Ray

Make: television presents:

Treadmill Bike – Brent Curry crosses a two-wheeled bike with a treadmill to allow the rider to produce a double-whammy of a workout.

RoboStool – Steve Norriss remote-controlled robotic foot stool comes to him wherever he wishes to sit.

Foundry – 14 year olds Oliver Ramin and A.J. Brackovitc make their own foundry for molding aluminum swords.

[Trouble Maker] Death Ray – Richard Whitney uses sunlight and the Fresnel lens from a rear projection television set to melt a steel security lock.