Putting His Tools Into Circulation
Dustin Zuckerman’s tool library.
Makers
What’s in Your Garage?
We’re betting on solutions to big problems coming from innovative makers working in their basements, garages, and workshops.
Plankton Evangelist
The eccentric saga of Russ George.
Make: Talk #008 show notes & next episode, today at 12-noon PDT
Last week, our guests on Make: Talk were Erik Knutzen and Kelly Coyne of Homegrown Evolution. We talked to them about their book, Urban Homestead (Process Media), their blog, and their urban farming efforts. A couple of good points were made: that you don’t have to do urban “homesteading” with any sort of crunchy-granola political […]
ToorCamp call for makers!
h1kari, of ToorCamp, sent us the following Call for Makers: ToorCamp is a 4-day outdoor camping event happening in at a decommissioned Titan-1 Missile Silo in Central Washington. We’re looking for some brave makers to come out, showcase their work, and have fun collaborating with hundreds of software and hardware hackers, tinkerers, makers, breakers, and […]
Lost Knowledge: Save Tesla’s lab!
The weekly Lost Knowledge column explores the possible technology of the future in the forgotten ideas of the past (and those slightly off to the side). Each Tuesday, we look at retro-tech, “lost” technology, and the make-do, improvised “street tech” of village artisans and tradespeople from around the globe. “Lost Knowledge” is also the theme […]
Assisted guitar
Max Flebus, a MAKE subscriber from Milan, sent us a link to this wonderful video of musician Paolo Angeli (who’s worked with Fred Frith) playing a guitar that has motors inside the sound hole whacking away on the strings and robot-finger-like strikers, powered by foot pedals, that Paolo controls while playing the guitar with a […]