Maker — Sky Cutters
Pulling the strings at the Berkeley Kite Festival.
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Makers in metro
If you’re in NY pick up Metro and check out Makers! – Link. Related: Makers introduces you to a brigade of citizen engineers making their own cameras, clocks, airplanes, submarines, musical instruments, weapons, medical equipment, energy- saving devices, robots, and houses. They create their own tools to explore the outer atmosphere, the deep sea, and […]
Animatronic human sculpture
Mark Ho made this metal robot sculpture as part of an “ultimate puppet” project – [via] Link. Height: 16.93″ (43 cm) Weight: 13.2 lb (6 kg) Number of parts: 920 (of which 101 are found in each hand) Number of mobile parts: 85 Material: Bronze and stainless steel Details: The parts are all handmade. The […]
Make your own airplane – Nexus Mustang
Brian writes – “Dick Eaves designed this on the floor of his hanger a couple of years ago –from scratch. This is his 16th or so airplane and he designed it for the average homebuilder to build from scratch with just a few tools. He is about 78 years old and he is amazing.” – […]
Michigan inventors – Makers book
Article about some Makers from the Makers book! – “Tonight, the Simon Cowell-produced “American Inventor” TV show will do for backyard tinkerers what “American Idol” did for people who sing in the shower. Thousands of inventors from around the nation will compete for $1 million. But to find real innovation, you don’t have to travel […]
The Great Escape – and other Maker films?
Wonko writes – “”The Great Escape” precedes MacGyver as the ultimate in DIY adventure films. This movie stars an awesome cast of some of the periods best actors like Steve McQueen and James Coburn. Our hero’s are pilots captured by the Germans in WWII who fabricate, adapt and engineer their way out of captivity.” Link. […]
Creative minds devise handy things
Article on Cleveland.com about our new book The Makers! “The ability to create something from almost nothing is why the 100 grass-roots inventors profiled in “Makers: All Kinds of People Making Amazing Things in Their Backyard, Basement or Garage” so intrigued me. The book is written by Bob Parks, an editor and writer at Wired magazine, but it springs from the minds of the editors and contributors to Make magazine.” Link.