MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
There's been a bunch of great music related kits released recently - just in time for gift-giving season. Add those to an already strong list of tried and true faves and you've got yourself a lot of options for the sonic experimenter this year. Read on for the rundown - Drum Kit Kit for Arduino - The Drum Kit Kit lets you turn your Arduino into a drum kit. Imagine the fun you could have building a...
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
MAKE subscriber bumpercrop writes in to share this excellent Harry Potter -inspired whereabout clock, The Magic Clock . In the story, the clock is a magical item with hands that show the location of each family member. This beautifully constructed remake does the same, except that twitter feeds, a hacked router and a custom clock movement are used in place of unspecified magic. I love the attention...
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Apple just released some more info on their "LP" and "Extras" format . This is one to watch. I really think the LP and "Extra" format is perfect for learning applications, and best of all it could be delivered via iTunes. MAKE is one of the few (if not only) publications that has a weekly video podcast and distributes a PDF in iTunes right from the pages of MAKE! Our...
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Until they make Black Friday a goth holiday, where you dress all in black, sit around listening to Bauhaus and Bella Morte, and stare at the floor, Black Friday will scare me. Yes, the running of the shoppers scares me MORE than goth. As we've pointed out before, this holiday season provides an excellent opportunity to give yourself "permission to play," to make things, either to decorate...
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Work on your bicycle the simple way with this inexpensive and easy to build bike stand. Thanks go to Shaun Wilson for the original article in MAKE, Volume 18. To download The Bike Repair Stand video click here and subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete Bike Repair Stand article in MAKE, Volume 18 and you can see that in our Digital Edition. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles...
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Work on your bicycle the easy way with this inexpensive and easy to build bike stand. Thanks go to Shaun Wilson for the original article in MAKE, Volume 18. View the PDF of this project. and then subscribe to MAKE Magazine for other great projects you can do over the weekend. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in MAKE Podcast | Digg this!
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
With the Fuel Cell X7 kit you can assemble and experiment with a unique reversible hydrogen Fuel Cell. This fuel cell kit provides a playful introduction to one of the most significant technologies of the 21st Century. With this kit you can build a model car that actually runs on water! The full-color, 16-page manual contains easy, step-by-step instructions for assembling and using the car, as well...
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Forget Black Friday, 3am sales, and long lines of unhappy people buying giant flatscreen TVs, it's time to MAKE something this holiday season! Impress your loved ones with a truly special gift from the heart, not from a store. Spend the day after Thanksgiving with your family and friends, making gifts instead of trying to remember where you parked the car. Beer Homemade beer makes a fantastic gift....
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Taking an Open-Source Approach to Hardware @ WSJ.com ... The main producer of the Arduino is Smart Projects Snc, based in the tiny town of Scarmagno, Italy. This year, the two-person firm is on track to sell at least 60,000 of the microcontrollers, which retail for at least $30 a piece, up from 34,000 last year. Owner Gianluca Martino, an electrical engineer, has had to contract out much of the production...
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Members of the American Chemical Society show you how a pop-up turkey timer works. The Chemistry of Thanksgiving More: Lots more chemistry on MAKE in the Make: Science Room Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Holiday projects | Digg this!
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
A reader named Jim from Arizona sent us an email a while back about his nine year old son, Schuyler, aka "Doctor Professor," who wanted to join the Make: Money program to fund his DIY, robotics, and electronics projects. At nine, the kid is already teaching Arduino to 4-18 year olds in the Phoenix area. We were so tickled by the letter, and the precocious Doctor Professor, that we decided...
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Ever since you made one of those turkeys out of an outline of your hand in kindergarten, you've probably been aware of the fact that Thanksgiving might not be the preeminent maker's holiday. Unless your forte is food. Or turkey papercraft. But being thankful, taking stock of ourselves and our world, is something we should all be able to get behind as makers, even those of you who don't live in the...
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Sneak Preview: MoMA’s Tim Burton Retrospective @ Vulture Taking inspiration from popular culture, Tim Burton (American, b. 1958) has reinvented Hollywood genre filmmaking as an expression of personal vision, garnering for himself an international audience of fans and influencing a generation of young artists working in film, video, and graphics. This exhibition explores the full range of his...
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Kari Byron is currently Twittering live from the set of the MythBusters epidode they're taping tonight. MythBusters Official on Twitter From MAKE magazine: Want to know how to build a hydrogen rocket? How about a laser light show in a lunchbox? Or a simple remote-controlled videocam car? Or maybe you want to go old-school and build a wooden mini sailboat or toy car launcher? All this and tons more,...
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
With the Thanksgiving holiday nearly upon us here in the States, I suspect there will be a lot of beer drinking and watching television happening over the long weekend. For those of us who know that life is not a spectator sport, there's this week's flashback from the pages of MAKE Volume 07 . Bill Barminski shows us how to drink beer on C-SPAN, or at least give the impression that you are. MAKE Volume...
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