That’s right, it’s a wooden sports car. And although the sexy images shown here look PhotoShop-y to me, the body of the car, which is made fiberglass-style out of wooden fibers woven on a custom-built loom, appears really to be complete. You can follow Joe Harmon’s construction of “Splinter” at his site. [via Dude Craft]
I reviewed The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind for Good. I think it’s one of the best books I’ve ever read. Here’s an excerpt of my review: William Kamkwamba’s parents couldn’t afford the $80 yearly tuition for their son’s school. The boy sneaked into the classroom anyway, dodging administrators for a few weeks until they […]
Did you know that Make: Online has an electronic newsletter? Well, we used to. We haven’t put an issue out in awhile, but we’re going to start republishing it in October. The newsletter is a great way to get more of an inside look at what’s going on at Maker Media, and to get content […]
Adafruit’s weekly “Ask an engineer chat” is tonight, 9/26/2009, 10pm ET. Tonight, Phil and Limor will be joined by special guests, the folks from Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories and MakerBot Industries. They’ll be experimenting with doing live video, chat, and mobile again. “Ask an engineer chat” tonight 9/26/2009 – 10pm ET with special guests EMSL […]
Last week, the New York-based MAKE team head up to GE’s research center in Niskayuna, NY to meet some of their engineers, many of whom are makers in addition to what they make at work.
One year ago Sunday, we learned of the sad death of MAKE Contributor and GEEK Technique blogger Mark Hoekstra. Only 34 years old, Mark had a heart attack while riding his bike. The maker/hardware hacking world misses him and the fun stuff he used to put up on his site. To mark the first anniversary […]
What a cute video about roasting, grinding, and siphon-brewing coffee. Style points for the Gershon Kingsley soundtrack, and it’s not even Friday!
