In the midst of the current 17-year cicada emergence here on the East Coast, the good folks over at Radiolab have posted an interview with entomologist Dr. Louis Sorkin, in which he describes how to collect and display insect specimens in shadowboxes (or cigar boxes if you want that DIY aesthetic). More: MAKE | Brilliant [...]
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The Toa Mata Drumbots Return
A little more shadowy than their debut earlier this year, the Toa Mata bionicle robot percussion band returns, courtesy of Italian maker and sound producer Guiseppe Acito aka Opificio Sonico. Guiseppe writes, In this video some various analog drum-synth and glockenspiel keys are played by each robot and I jam them together. This time, the [...]
Making Makerspaces: Acquiring Insurance
Attendees of the How to Make a Makerspace seminar at last week’s Maker Faire. This is the first in a series of posts documenting how to start a makerspace of your own in your local community. This (tremendously long) post is focused on the one question almost everyone asks when starting a space – how [...]
Red Bull Creation 2013 Lineup
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Red Bull Creation, a cool DIY competition sponsored by Red Bull, is back with a new challenge for 2013: It’s been three years with three variations of the nation’s favorite 72-hour themed innovation competition and it keeps getting better. Red Bull Creation returns in 2013 with a new challenge, inspiring technology and a national stage [...]
Ten Tips for Adhesive Tape
Tape, tape, tape! There are so many different kinds and so many applications. Tape can be used for the jankiest repairs up to near-permanent fastening.Tape can be quite useful in the workshop and in the making process if you know which type is best for different situations and materials. I’d like to dispel some misconceptions [...]
Diyode Codeshield Gets a Lesson Plan
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The Diyode Codeshield is a fascinating project out of the Diyode hackerspace in Guelph, ON. It’s an Arduino shield loaded with sensors, a buzzer, a motor, LEDs, a rotary encoder, and so on, with the idea that it would help people learn Arduino programming without having to learn about electronics first. The group showed off [...]
Playing A Human Theremin
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Graphic designer Lucy Sansom turned her sister into a human theremin and then made this video demonstrating how she is played! Using conductive ink, theremin circuitry, and a nice little amp, I made my sister into a fully functioning musical instrument More: MAKE | Badgermin = A Stuffed Badger Slash Theremin MAKE | Noisy [...]
Synthetic Biology for Makers
John Cumbers and a team of synthetic biologists are offering a one-day course on the subject in San Francisco. The course is aimed at makers and programmers, and designed to give a comprehensive introduction into synthetic biology. Last week, I learned that we’re much closer to DIY synthetic biology than many of us realize. This [...]
Toys Made From Salvaged Flip-flops in Kenya
Photos: Ben Curtis These whimsical toy animals are the work of the Ocean Sole flip-flop recycling company in Nairobi. The toys they make are created from old flip-flops and other debris that has washed up on the beaches in Kenya. Article source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/makezineonline/~3/YksVgUvnzKk/
Maker Pro: How Much Should I Charge?
Figuring out how much to charge for your product is the second most common question entrepreneurs ask themselves. The first is of course…”what should I build in the first place.” Assuming you’ve made it past the first question and there is a market for your product, you have to figure out how to price your [...]
Is it a Hackerspace, Makerspace, TechShop, or FabLab?
The past decade has seen the sudden, dramatic appearance of community spaces offering public, shared access to high-end manufacturing equipment. These spaces are interchangeably referred to as hackerspaces, makerspaces, TechShops, and FabLabs. This can lead the intended audience to become incredibly confused as to why there might be so many names for a single concept. [...]
The Metamorphosis Project
Venice, California-based artist Alex Andre delighted the masses with his simple but stunning Metamorphosis Project interactive installation at Maker Faire Bay Area last weekend. The kinetic sculpture has a steel base and hand crank, holding a large disc with alternating panels of clear glass and see-through mirror, and measures 4′x5′x7′. When two (or more) people [...]