Last year, Phil, bless his pointy little head, came up with the idea of the “MAKEcation.” With gas prices at an all-time high and so many news stories about families vacationing on the cheap, close to home, or even AT home, he had an idea for the MAKE community. Why not encourage people to stay […]
io9 features some cool shots of sculptures by designer and photographer Andrew Chase, who makes articulated metal animal sculptures. Here’s a stop-motion video he made by posing his “cheetah:” Via Neatorama.
Here’s the flier for the upcoming Make: PDX meeting in Beaverton, OR. Make: PDX
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 […]
