its cyber monday makers so in that spirit we were able to do up a quick codesale for all our robot kits for today . it starts at 1201 am pst 1212008 and ends today at 1159 pm pst. use code cyberm at checkout at the maker shed.
im also going to do a contest. its really simple just post up your version of the three laws of robotics in the comments ma...... [Show More]
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i know halloween is over but i really wanted to share this project that todd emailed us. the honking pumpkin was inspired by my howto tuesday scariest pumpkin ever build. this is exactly why we do the builds for the blog. we want our readers to be inspired to make things and maybe like todd make them better. best of all share what you have learned so others can do the same. thanks todd yo...... [Show More]
firecooled brew Post Source: clintisageek.com Posted: Nov 30 2008 08:00:30
photography by simon jansen
new zealander simon jansen has all the bona fides of an alpha maker. a software engineer and classic car restorer hes got a halfbuilt r2d2 and a custom minibike he made from scratch. he achieved geek fame with his ascii animation of star wars scenes ascii mation.co. nz which practically defined obsessive attention to detail.
but a jetpowered beer...... [Show More]
photography by amber henshaw
the area around the house of azmeraw zeleke in northern ethiopia is littered with burntout mortar shells left over from a war with neighboring eritrea.
for months azmeraw wondered what he could do with them as he saw them being sold around mekele town about 800km from the capital addis ababa. they were being used for washing clothes or for crushing t...... [Show More]
earlier in the fall i had the opportunity to visit douglas repetto in his office at columbia university in new york. the founder of dorkbot and organizer of artbots doug is an artist and maker and he writes the art work column for make magazine . when i visited doug he was working on a piece about squirrel cages. these cages are quite beautiful constructions made out of woo...... [Show More]
earth wind inspire Post Source: clintisageek.com Posted: Nov 28 2008 12:00:00
photography by jens j. selvig iii
gary bates grew up plowing the fields of his grandfathers farm in tiny manhattan mont. where he now lives. making passes on the tractor each day bored the young bates but he did enjoy lying on the grass and watching the windmills. and it was there that he found the inspiration for his kinetic sculptures.
in his early 20s bates began building large ...... [Show More]
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the ubiquity of ipods has led to a ridiculous glut of accessories some useful most not. the best of them have essentially become a seamless part of the ipod experience but theyll all cost you and it really starts to add up. the expansion of the ipod universe however is twofold more official products are follo...... [Show More]
intersteller visions Post Source: myspacefacetube.com Posted: Nov 27 2008 13:00:00
photograph by david olsen
down a lonely stretch of sonoran desert highway south of tucson ariz. lies the washboarded pulloff for interstellar light applications. visitors dont have to wait for the dust to settle to lay eyes on ilas majestic moonlight collector towering 6 stories high and 60 feet across and weighing in at a healthy 25 tons.
science enthusiast richard chapin...... [Show More]
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tankpoddrum fitted with all things pluckable and tappable. kaiser takes commissions but saves his favorites for his own live shows.
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from the column made on earth make 12 page 15 megan mansell williams .
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tiltshift photography can be a really expensive undertaking. then again you can simulate the effect in photoshop but it just isnt the same. this is a great project to make that will save you a lot of money compared to the commercial versions.
i know there are people out there who would love to experiment with a pc shift lens but the cost of purchasing one is generally prohibitive unl...... [Show More]
on wireds howto wiki they decided to try their hand at building mike golembewskis scanner camera project featured in make volume 14 and in the sept 19th episode of make weekend project see both below. charlie sorrel author of the piece did what looks like a nice job with the build but the results look like something from a questionable episode of ghost hunters i...... [Show More]
ken banks is the creator of frontlinesms which is used in ushahidi as a way to allow local phone numbers to be used for incoming messages. theres a dependency that im not a big fan of though you have to know how to download it setup and activate it on your computer. thats a huge barrier to entry.
as ken just posted we were roommates at last months poptech fel...... [Show More]
arduino is an opensource electronics prototyping platform based on flexible easytouse hardware and software. its intended for artists designers hobbyists and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environmen ts.
hm so what does that mean basically what you can with the little arduino board is easily bring lots of input in and turn it into certain out...... [Show More]
mikeys how to irobot dead cell battery fix ...
i have three irobots which help clean our house. i bought them about two years ago. as the one year warranty was coming up i called irobot and asked them to help with various issues. they basically replaced all three of them. now that i am at the one year point with the replacements im running out of options as things break. i can ei...... [Show More]
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