We’ve posted about the MultiMachine before, an open source, all-purpose machine shop uber-tool, designed with the developing world in mind. Pat Delany, the 74-year-old designer of the MultiMachine, is hoping to make it to Maker Faire Africa to demo the device. There’s a piece on the MFA Blog offering a vision of what the MultiMachine […]
Via BB Gadgets comes a link to this commercially-available coffee roasting drum which fits onto the rotisserie unit of your outdoor gas grill. The roaster drum costs $110. If you’re crafty with a little metalwork, I bet you could fabricate one yourself for cheaper. Coffee Roaster Drum for your Barbecue
Via this month’s EMS Lab’s Linkdump come these pics of sneakers with “bumper stickers” on them. When we were brainstorming stickers for The Maker’s Notebook, somebody came up with idea of a set of robot bumper stickers (“Resistance is Futile (if > 1-ohm),” “My other bot is a Big Dog,” etc). These reminded me of […]
The episode of the Martha Stewart Show, with MAKE Editor-in-Chief Mark Frauenfelder, aired again today. If you’re coming to MAKE for the first time as a result of seeing the show: Welcome! Make yourself at home. If you’d like to learn more about Maker Media, our magazine MAKE, our websites Make: Online and CRAFT, and […]
Mike from Uptownmaker has complied a list of “18 Essential skills for a Maker” – inspired by Geekdad’s “100 Essential Skills for Geeks“. Uptownmaker’s list is geared towards electronics projects – good stuff. Here are some of my favorites… 2. Spot valuable salvage- Not only knowing where to get it, but knowing it when you […]
Phillip, Phil, pt, MISTER Torrone, the man frequently behind the camera (and other happenings) at adafruit industries, is back in orbit over Planet MAKE. He makes planetfall tomorrow and we’re absolutely thrilled to have him back. There’s nobody else like PT. His understanding of the DIY world, the blogosphere, digital media, open source hardware, the […]
Inspired by the sartorial geekiness of Bre Pettis and Cory Doctorow, this enterprising desktop fabber printed out his own glasses on a Makerbot. Glasses by langfordw [via adafruit]
