Video Making

Best of 2012: Google+ Hangouts on Air

We dived into the world of Google+ hang outs on air this part summer with Maker Camp, six weeks of daily hangouts, live and online. If the web democraticized publishing, G+ hangouts have democratized the video broadcast. They can be as low or high production as you like. All that’s required is a good ethernet connect and interesting conversation and guests and you’re good to go. Since then, MAKE has explore use of the technology. What we do with hangout will continue to evolve. For now, here is our highlight reel from the year that was.

Continue Reading January 2nd, 2013 Stett Holbrook

Tool Review: Optrix XD iPhone Case

The Optrix XD is a tough-as-nails iPhone 4/4S/Touch case with a built-in 175-degree wide-angle lens and is designed to mount on a bike, car, or some other vehicle, giving you great videos while protecting the phone. Optrix claims mil-spec durability with regards to impact, particle resistance, vibration, and water immersion. You can still control the […]

Continue Reading December 4th, 2012December 3rd, 2015 John Baichtal4

As the World Churns

Aclick is what it’s cracked up to be anymore–at least not according to YouTube.

Continue Reading October 12th, 2012 Stett Holbrook6

Bird-Mounted Cameras

Remember the documentary Winged Migration? The filmmakers were able to get all those great shots of migrating geese by acclimating them to the presence of an ultralight plane at an early age. The birds thought the plane was part of their flock. Now filmmaker John Downer has taken avian photography to the next level: mounting […]

Continue Reading October 5th, 2012 Stett Holbrook12

360-degree iPhone Panoramic Camera Travels Across America on a Scooter

Panoramic videographer and iPhone hacker Gabriel Paez is currently half-way across the country on his coast-to-coast trip from Seaside, OR to Portland, ME. As of this writing he’s in Dubuque, IA with his 2005 Vespa PX150 named Pucho.

Continue Reading September 28th, 2012 Adam Flaherty14

Tool Review: iStabilizer Smartphone Dolly

I had a chance to play around with the iStabilizer Dolly ($60, istabilizer.com), a rolling mount for shooting cool panning shots with your smartphone. The unit consists of a flat metal plate equipped with two adjustable axle-and-wheel sets and a flexible, “snake-like” neck that holds the camera. All you have to do is attach your […]

Continue Reading August 21st, 2012December 3rd, 2015 John Baichtal

Help Support a Hacktivism Documentary

Around the world there is a network of hackerspaces that explore, hack and create new ways of expressing themselves with technology. Hackerspaces that by some are seen as a threat to our digital society. What is it that drives these people? What are their purpose and their reasons for what they do? How do they […]

Continue Reading August 14th, 2012 John Baichtal