Thoughts on making in college
In response to Dale’s post yesterday, asking for input on colleges for makers, Pete Marchetto wrote a brief piece on his college experience in making things with some links he thought may be helpful. Making in College
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Steampunk Magazine, issue #5
The artful dodgers of Steampunk Magazine have done it again — another gorgeous issue, of great conversation, ideas, fiction, reviews, and how-tos. Content includes a manifesto of sorts by steampunk sci-fi godfather Bruce Sterling, how-tos on metal casting and no-budget welding, an awesome piece on “tramp printers” of the 1800s, and an an interview by […]
RIP Tom Kennedy
photo by Barbara Fried photo by M2 We have learned sad news through our friends at Laughing Squid. Tom Kennedy, an art car and Burning Man artist (whose work we’ve featured in MAKE and online), drowned in Ocean Beach, CA this weekend. His friend John Law writes: We lost one of our very best. Tom […]
Sparkfun Autonomous Vehicle Competition
Sixteen teams gathered today to determine whose autonomously-navigating vehicle would be the fastest around the Sparkfun headquarters in Boulder, CO. Four-wheeled rovers (typically built on RC car platforms) dominated the entries, but there were three flying UAVs, and one spheroid (Nathan, with “labrat”, pictured at right). One team had been designed a tethered model rocket […]
Shopbot open-sources their code
The folks at Becausewecan, Oomlout, and others are all a-twitter because Shopbot has opened up their CNC control code, dubbed OpenSBP. Here’s what they say about it on the new OpenSBP site: OpenSBP® is a syntax standard for the toolpath and instruction code used to control CNC machines and digital fabrication tools. As described here, […]
Steampunk segment on G4
G4 did a pretty decent segment on steampunk, centered on our friends at Abney Park and current MAKE cover spokesgentleman Jake von Slatt. I like Morgan Webb’s description of it as “Goth for engineers.” [Note to Steampunk Haters: Scroll along, nothing to see here. Same old, same old.] From MAKE magazine: Check out MAKE, Volume […]
Backyard Metal Casting
MAKE subscriber Pete Marchetto pointed us to this awesome site covering all manner of backyard metal casting. In fact, that’s its name: Backyard Metal Casting. Peter writes: Blame Kaden Harris. He got me onto this wonderful site describing many metal casting and metalworking projects. Okay, Kaden. It’s all your fault we’re posting this link. You […]
