MAKE contributor Cy Tymony got a nice little write-up in the Daily Breeze, talking about his book, Sneaky Green Uses for Everyday Things: “I try to look at every little thing people throw away and say, `What can we do with it?”‘ said Tymony, 53, of Torrance. “The good thing is, spare parts are everywhere. […]
[Photo from 4volt.com] Over the past few months I’ve been watching the amazing and festive work of Jeremy at 4volt.com. Today’s find was a diy laser cut caliper. Here are plans for a simple caliper, handy to have around the shop for measuring thickness and diameters. Anytime I can build something that helps me build […]
[Photo: Anders Krusberg/The Martha Stewart Show] If you’re coming to our site after having seen MAKE’s Editor-in-Chief Mark Frauenfelder on The Martha Stewart Show, welcome! We thought we’d take this opportunity to introduce Martha’s viewers (and others who might be new to MAKE) to what we do and why. We’ve got a lot of different […]
This guy made his own version of the commercially-available Kitty Cot that we posted about before. Cat Window Seat
This week, Friday, May 15, 12-noon PDT/3pm EDT, we’ll be joined by Ken Gracey and Jeff Ledger of Parallax. They’ll be talking to us about the latest products and happenings at Parallax, especially the upcoming all-night Unofficial Propeller Expo, on June 27-28, 2009. See my earlier post for details about the Expo. As always, we’ll […]
MAKE Advisory Board member Joe Grand got himself a T-Tech Quick Circuit 5000 PCB prototyping machine in the lab and has been messing around with using it to create PCB art. The third image is based on art by Neil Kronenberg, created for this year’s DEFCON conference, and the last image is by our very […]
Over in the Steampunk Workshop, Jake von Slatt has posted pics of a Wimshurst Influence Machine built by a MAKE reader, following Jake’s project piece in Volume 17. Nice job, Scott! He built his with more sectors on the disks, to make it even more zaptastic. Scott’s Wimshurst Machine! From MAKE magazine: Check out MAKE, […]
