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Make a Tuning Fork – ReMaking History Updated: 2012-01-12 18:23:38 Description: To complement his ReMaking History column in MAKE Volume 29, Bill Gurstelle shows you how to make a tuning fork with some simple tools and a strip of aluminum....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD “The Solar Parasite” Window Box Heater – Tiny Yellow House Updated: 2012-01-10 18:00:42 Description: This time around on Tiny Yellow House, I decided to mess around with passive solar heat so as to warm the always-cold front foyer of my home. The result: a smallish, closeable, passive solar collector that fits into a window opening. Its not rocke...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Make: Live Wednesday 1/11 (preview video) Updated: 2012-01-09 18:00:54 Description: Join us Wednesday evening for the next episode of Make: Live, our streaming show and tell! It's our season two premiere, and we'll take a peek at projects from the new MAKE Volume 29....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD MAKE Volume 29: DIY Superhuman Updated: 2012-01-07 00:00:44 Description: We have the technology (to quote The Six Million Dollar Man), but commercial tools for exploring, assisting, and augmenting our bodies really can approach a price tag of $6 million. Medical and assistive tech manufacturers must pay not just for R&...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Beating Heart Headband (video) Updated: 2012-01-06 19:30:48 Description: In this episode of Becky's Workshop, learn to make a headband that glows with your heart beat. First construct a stretchy headband from brocade and grosgrain ribbon, then embed the circuit boards and clip the sensor to your ear....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Best of Make: Live Season 1 12/28/11 (video) Updated: 2011-12-29 16:52:06 Description: Make: Live's Best of 2011 show looks back at our favorite episodes from the very first season. Go behind the scenes with us for some of our most memorable moments-- from goofs and gaffes to last minute surprises and change ups. It's the best of robot...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Best of Make: Live 2011 (preview video) Updated: 2011-12-27 15:12:11 Description: It's time for Make: Live’s Best of 2011 show! We’ll be looking back at our favorite episodes from the very first season of Make: Live. Go behind the scenes with us for some of our most memorable moments-- from goofs and gaffes to last minute surp...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD T-Shirt Responds to Pollution Levels Updated: 2011-12-23 17:30:10 Description: Sue Ngo and Nien Lam share their pollution shirt, created for a project during their studies at ITP. The merits of co-working and collaboration are also explored, as Nien talks about his positive experience with working at Collab....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD “The Wolfe’s Den” Treehouse in the Catskills – Tiny Yellow House Updated: 2011-12-21 18:00:37 Description: I designed, pre-fabricated, hauled, and then re-assembled a treehouse I've dubbed "The Wolfe's Den" (Wolfe being the last name of the woman I built it for), and luckily had Steven Sherrick of Modern Vintage Productions to help document the laborio...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD “The Wolfe’s Den” Treehouse in the Catskills – Tiny Yellow House Updated: 2011-12-21 18:00:37 Description: I designed, pre-fabricated, hauled, and then re-assembled a treehouse I've dubbed "The Wolfe's Den" (Wolfe being the last name of the woman I built it for), and luckily had Steven Sherrick of Modern Vintage Productions to help document the laborio...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Laser Cut Couture with Diana Eng Updated: 2011-12-21 13:00:42 Description: Designer Diana Eng shows us some samples from her Laser Lace collection. By using a laser etcher on fabric she creates intricate lace designs inspired by the cells of plants and flowers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Quick LED Robot Ornament (video) Updated: 2011-12-20 23:02:24 Description: My colleagues over on CRAFT all have the work ethics and compulsive tendencies that of any crafter worth his/her stripes. When Rachel and Lish proposed an ornament swap this year, precariously close to Christmas, we all piled on. None of us can re...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Collin’s Lab: DIY Contact Mic Updated: 2011-12-20 18:00:50 Description: It's amazing what a little disk can do … when it's layered with piezoelectric crystals. Piezo disks are impressively sensitive to vibration and can easily be adapted to work as a contact microphones. The trick is the preamp - a basic circuit u...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Make: Live Holiday Giveaway 12/14/11 (video) Updated: 2011-12-15 18:02:54 Description: Make: Live's holiday episode features some fun project ideas for this festive time of year! See a skirt light up when you dance, a brass rocking horse ornament,and connect your Christmas decorations to the internet. Above, Ben Light demonstrates his ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD How-To: The Lonely Christmas Tree Updated: 2011-12-15 13:00:19 Description: There’s no better way to show your geek cred on Christmas than hooking up your Christmas tree to the internet. While it’s certainly not a new idea, I was eager to try out my own spin on it this holiday season. The Lonely Christmas Tree lights up ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Army of Elmo Robots Cannot be Stopped Updated: 2011-12-14 14:30:03 Description: Adrianne Wortzel first saw Tickle-Me-Elmo-TMX during her residency in the Artificial Intelligence Lab in Zurich, Switzerland, and noticed something interesting about the robotic toy. It wasn't long before she amassed an army of them. And what army is...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Make: Live’s Holiday Giveaway (preview video) Updated: 2011-12-12 18:30:21 Description: Join us Wednesday evening for the next episode of Make: Live, our streaming show and tell! This week it's our Holiday Giveaway show. We'll look at Matt's internet-connected Christmas tree, Michael Colombo's homemade Magnetotron instrument, and give a...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sylvia’s Super-Awesome MAKE Holiday Gift Guide 2011 Updated: 2011-12-12 18:00:36 Description: Welcome to Sylvia's Super-Awesome Make Holiday Gift guide 2011! Your source for what to get your favorite maker this holiday season....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Best of Crafts in Maker Faire Video 2011 Updated: 2011-12-09 20:00:54 Description: Today I thought I'd highlight some of my favorite crafty makers and the projects they've brought to Maker Faire through a special YouTube playlist....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Collab: Creators Working in Parallel Updated: 2011-12-09 13:00:18 Description: Co-working office space, a woodshop, sewing lab, creative people, dogs and a laser cutter; how awesome is that?!?! Adina and Marc Levin show us around Collab, their collaborative workspace in Manhattan, which is pretty much the coolest place you coul...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD i3 Detroit: The Motor City’s Own Hackerspace Updated: 2011-12-07 13:30:54 Description: Founding members Nick Britsky, Russ Wolfe and Ted Hansen take us on a tour of i3, Detroit's premier hackerspace. Although well appointed with extensive workspaces and every tool imaginable, i3 Detroit's real strength is its members, its sense of comm...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Brother Nature Produce: Greg Willerer (video) Updated: 2011-12-02 14:30:01 Description: One short mile away from downtown Detroit is Brother Nature Produce, a community supported farm run by Greg Willerer. Greg shows us around the farm and discusses his composting venture, which aims to create a closed loop of urban food waste being tur...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Make: Live Hackerspace Roadshow 11/30/11 (video) Updated: 2011-12-01 18:00:41 Description: Make: Live‘s Hackerspace Roadshow takes you on a virtual journey to hackerspaces around the globe. Above, makers from NYC Resistor in Brooklyn, NY demo their projects including an Inspector Gadget inspired pop up book, a TV-B-Gone NES Light Gun...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Reclaiming, Reusing and Remembering Detroit: Tim Burke (video) Updated: 2011-11-30 13:00:28 Description: On a visit to the Heidelberg Project outdoor art installation in Detroit, we happened across longtime Detroit resident and artist Tim Burke. Tim filled us in on the tragedy of, and artistic opportunity in, the destruction of some of Detroit's most in...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Giant Bubbles Float Through Maker Faire Updated: 2011-11-29 20:00:32 Description: Sterling Johnson has childhood memories of being fascinated by blowing bubbles, even learning how to make them using only soap and his own hands. At Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 he uses a variety of simple devices to create both massive bubbles and swar...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bounce For Glory: Peter William Wagner (video) Updated: 2011-11-28 19:30:59 Description: Peter William Wagner bounces across the fairgrounds at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011, delighting everyone whose path he crosses. The big purple eccentric-axled bike has two inflated all-terrain wheels that can also function as flotation for the aquatic p...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Make: Live’s Hackerspace Roadshow II (preview video) Updated: 2011-11-28 18:00:51 Description: Join us Wednesday evening for the next episode of Make: Live, our streaming show and tell! This episode is another Hackerspace Roadshow, where we take you to five hackerspaces across the globe....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD How-To: Holography Updated: 2011-11-25 13:00:42 Description: I always assumed that the process of making a hologram was so complex that it was limited to only those with access to expensive lasers and other fancy optical equipment. But when I heard that the Maker Shed started carrying Litiholo’s Hologram Kit...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Otyp Sows the Seeds of Biotechnology Updated: 2011-11-23 13:30:44 Description: Kyle Lawson and James Peyer discuss their innovative strategy to get biotechnology into schools and hackerspaces. Their company otyp was formed with the purpose of making equipment and information accessible to anyone who wants to get started with...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD YouTube Playlist: Mark Frauenfelder Presents Maker Faire Updated: 2011-11-22 18:27:18 Description: Today MAKE editor-in-chief Mark Frauenfelder would like to introduce you to some of his favorite makers, and the projects they've brought to Maker Faire, through a special YouTube playlist. If you don't know about Maker Faire, it's a festive two-day ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Super Sewable Circuitry – Sylvia’s Mini Maker Show Updated: 2011-11-21 18:00:12 Description: I bet you didn’t know that there’s a soft side to the hard edged fiberglass boarded electronics you know and love, and it’s called soft circuitry! The copper clad board in through-the-hole electronics can actually be replaced by cloth, and the ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DIY iPhone Gloves Updated: 2011-11-18 19:30:33 Description: It can be frustrating to have to take off your gloves to use your touch screen phone. Capacitive touch screens sense how conductive your fingers are, and gloves are, well, insulators. Learn to mod your gloves with conductive thread in this episode of...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robotic 3D Carver of Invisible Stuff Updated: 2011-11-18 18:30:39 Description: Wouldn't it be amazing if you could make a machine that would make 3D models of phenomena otherwise invisible to you? It's fun to do, and it's is an amazing creative process to create a machine that produces something that you can hold in your hand f...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ralph Taylor: Dressing Detroit for Mardi Gras Updated: 2011-11-18 13:00:38 Description: We drop by the design studio of Ralph Taylor, who creates brilliant, bold, colorful and creative costumes for Mardi Gras and carnival celebrations. Originally from Trinidad, Ralph made his way to Detroit where he still practices the craft he picked u...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD MAKE Ultimate Kit Guide 2012: “Kits and Revolution” Podcast Updated: 2011-11-18 01:13:19 Description: At MAKE, we're crazy for kits. That's why we just produced a special issue that's all about kits, our Ultimate Kit Guide 2012, and are also launching a new website dedicated to kit reviews, at kits.makezine.com. Available at newsstands nationwide, th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Collin’s Lab: Schematics Updated: 2011-11-15 15:30:53 Description: Schematics are the functional diagram of electronic circuits. With so many designs available on the web, understanding how to read schematics can unlock a world of possibilities for the electronics maker. In fact, if you can read a schematic, you c...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mannequin Forest: A Cyborg Menagerie Updated: 2011-11-11 13:00:04 Description: Kristine Diven and Micho Detronik of District VII explain the interactive elements of their art installation at Maker Faire Detroit 2011. Art and electronics collide in a project which explores surveillance and humanity....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Make: Live Ultimate Kit Episode 11/9/11 (video) Updated: 2011-11-10 20:30:00 Description: Make: Live‘s Ultimate Kit Episode celebrates the upcoming release of the Special Issue, The Ultimate Kit Guide. Ariel Churi from Sparkle Labs stepped in for Becky as guest co-host. MIT Research Fellow Michael Schrage talked about how kits drive inn...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Make: Live’s Ultimate Kit Episode (preview video) Updated: 2011-11-07 18:13:12 Description: Join us Wednesday evening for the next episode of Make: Live, our streaming show and tell! This episode is our Ultimate Kit Episode, in honor of the new Special Issue of MAKE, The Ultimate Kit Guide. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 3-DIY: Eric Kurland (video) Updated: 2011-11-07 18:00:35 Description: Eric Kurland makes DIY stereoscopic (3D) cameras and displays from off-the-shelf components. He runs a 3D film festival in Los Angeles and showed off his work at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 in a special 3D village. Subscribe to the Maker Faire Podcast ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Authors of Arduino Bots and Gadgets at Maker Faire Updated: 2011-11-06 01:30:55 Description: Kimmo Karvinen and Tero Karvinen are the authors of Arduino Bots and Gadgets, a primer on how to integrate many types of electronic hardware into the Arduino physical computing platform. At Maker Faire Bay Area 2011, Tero talked to us about the advan...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sarah Lapinski: Detroit’s Seamstress-Engineer Updated: 2011-11-04 12:00:34 Description: Sarah Lapinski of Wound Menswear shows us her studio and talks about her love of highways and cities, especially Detroit. A unique twist on fashion, Wound is a line that speaks to those who appreciate, but aren't obsessed with, fashion....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Liquid Robotics’ Waveglider Plumbs the Depths Updated: 2011-11-03 17:00:01 Description: Liquid Robotics' Waveglider is an autonomous submersible that explores the ocean using the power of the sun and waves. As Roger Hine explains at Bay Area Maker Faire 2011, the Waveglider can either traverse the waters on its own, converting the up-an...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Liquid Robotics’ Waveglider Plumbs the Depths Updated: 2011-11-03 17:00:01 Description: Liquid Robotics' Waveglider is an autonomous submersible that explores the ocean using the power of the sun and waves. As Roger Hine explains at Bay Area Maker Faire 2011, the Waveglider can either traverse the waters on its own, converting the up-an...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Zachary Rukstela Talks Kinetic Steamworks Updated: 2011-11-02 19:18:34 Description: Zachary Rukstela of Kinetic Steamworks considers himself the steward of the pieces of vintage steam technology he owns. He operates a steam powered vehicle at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011, and explains his background in steam, from growing up on a farm,...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Zachary Rukstela Talks Kinetic Steamworks Updated: 2011-11-02 19:18:34 Description: Zachary Rukstela of Kinetic Steamworks considers himself the steward of the pieces of vintage steam technology he owns. He operates a steam powered vehicle at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011, and explains his background in steam, from growing up on a farm,...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Kinect Robots & Gadgeteer: Microsoft at Maker Faire (video) Updated: 2011-11-01 17:09:13 Description: See what Microsoft had to offer in their tent at World Maker Faire New York 2011. Microsoft sponsors Maker Faire and we're excited to see them embrace the maker movement. Since bringing their Gadgeteer prototyping platform to Maker Faire last year, t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Circuit Skills: Infrared Light, sponsored by Jameco Electronics Updated: 2011-11-01 14:30:43 Description: Infrared light may be invisible to the human eye, but its usefulness in the world of electronics is easy to see. From simple object sensors to wireless data transmission, IR emitters & detectors can be used in a variety of different ways - and ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Digital Game Museum: Ben Wilhelm (video) Updated: 2011-10-31 17:00:07 Description: The Digital Game Museum is dedicated to the preservation of video games. As Ben Wilhelm explains at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011, the memory of many video games has fallen by the wayside, and proper documentation of them is important since they've now b...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Shawn Thorsson’s Props and Costumes: Shawn Thorsson (video) Updated: 2011-10-30 17:00:29 Description: Shawn Thorsson explains the build process for his props and costumes at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. First he starts with a digital 3D model, then cuts the pieces out with a CNC machine, assembles them and fine tunes with wood shaping techniques, then ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Prosthetic Sculpture: Ira Sherman (video) Updated: 2011-10-29 17:00:52 Description: Ira Sherman is an artist who sculpts work that has been shown worldwide in museums such as the Smithsonian. At Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 he brings structures that are created from tubular frames in curvilinear shapes that are meant to fit the contour...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Make Glowing Kryptonite Candy Updated: 2011-10-28 17:00:36 Description: Learn how to make candy glow under UV by adding vitamin B2! In this Halloween episode of Becky's Workshop, we whip up some kryptonite candy, as seen in BrittLiv's Instructable....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Georgia Street Community Collective (video) Updated: 2011-10-28 12:00:14 Description: A chance meeting with the EastSide Riders Bike Club leads us to the Georgia Street Community Center. Both organizations are dedicated to improving their community, through education, gardening, and neighborhood involvement....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Make: Live Halloween Party 10/26/11 (video) Updated: 2011-10-27 18:10:41 Description: Make: Live's Halloween bash featured action stylist Anney Fresh, electrically-enhanced pumpkins aka "hack-o-lanterns", and a costume parade by attendees at the party hosted by MakerBot in Brooklyn, NY. Matt and Becky open the show with an homage to T...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lil Ju Ju Pinball Museum: Michael Schiess (video) Updated: 2011-10-27 17:00:03 Description: Michael Schiess shows the exhibits in his Lil Juju Mobile Pinball Museum. The centerpiece on display at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 is his vintage machine that's been refitted completely in clear plexiglass, so that attendees can see the inner workings...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD EMSL’s Digi Comp II (video) Updated: 2011-10-25 17:54:11 Description: The Digi Comp II is a replica of a binary mechanical computer that can perform basic mathematical functions. As shown by Windell Oskay of Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011, it uses billiard balls as its counters and perform...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Posables Perfect for Spookifying the Front Yard Updated: 2011-10-24 17:00:28 Description: Tony Regalbuto's father has a penchant for decorating the family's front yard with whimsical, sometimes frightening, humanoid decorations. Many of the characters are based around Posables, a system of configurable mannequins demonstrated at Maker Fai...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cardboard Periscope – Sylvia’s Mini Maker Show Updated: 2011-10-24 15:30:39 Description: Today we’re diving deep for an easy build you can do in an afternoon: your very own cardboard periscope. Let’s go!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Make: Live’s Halloween Party (preview video) Updated: 2011-10-24 14:30:17 Description: Join us Wednesday evening for the next episode of Make: Live, our streaming show and tell! We're having a Halloween party at MakerBot and we'll share the best DIY Halloween projects with you live from the festivities....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jeffrey Lipton of Fab@Home on 3D Printing Updated: 2011-10-24 11:00:49 Description: Jeffrey Lipton of Fab@Home demonstrates their 3D printing system at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. This open source personal manufacturing machine can print with many different materials from plastic to cookie dough. When used in a classroom, Fab@Home fu...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Calliope #5: Ed Haas (video) Updated: 2011-10-22 17:00:10 Description: Ed Haas shows his Calliope #5, a handmade pyrophone, at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. Controlled by a midi keyboard, this wind instrument is similar to an organ, but has the ability to shoot fire if propane gas is used in addition to air when sounding t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD VJacket: Tyler Freeman (video) Updated: 2011-10-21 17:00:51 Description: Tyler Freeman hacked his clothes and created a jacket that transforms movement into video performance art. The VJacket senses gestures and then uses that information to create complicated visuals right from the dance floor. Filmed at Maker Faire Bay ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD How-To: Three Servos Walking Robot (video) Updated: 2011-10-20 17:00:40 Description: How do you make a walking biped robot, with only three servos? Without saying a word, Frits Lyneborg from letsmakerobots.com shows you his inventive way of doing just that!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Have Your Recliner and Ride It, Too (video) Updated: 2011-10-20 12:00:25 Description: Inspired by his friend's couch on wheels, William Keller built this motorized La-Z-Boy to get around the Playa at Burning Man....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Have Your Recliner and Ride It, Too (video) Updated: 2011-10-20 12:00:25 Description: Inspired by his friend's couch on wheels, William Keller built this motorized La-Z-Boy to get around the Playa at Burning Man....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Class Hydroponics: STEM Garden Updated: 2011-10-20 03:30:50 Description: Bronx schoolgirls demonstrate their solutions for vertical hydroponic gardens in NYC apartment buildings to the crowd at World Maker Faire NY 2011....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Latest in Arduino 03 Updated: 2011-10-19 17:30:10 Description: This month's Latest in Arduino episode is out. This episode features the Arduino ethernet, I solder up the mini fume extractor, and we discuss a new book about Arduino robots....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Glass Blowing Demonstrations by The Crucible Updated: 2011-10-17 17:00:42 Description: As an industrial and fine arts education center in the Bay Area, The Crucible was the perfect group to show Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 attendees demonstrations in welding, blacksmithing, and glass flameworking. Kier Lugo from the Crucible gave our cam...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD MAKE Volume 28: Toys & Games Updated: 2011-10-17 16:30:16 Description: MAKE Volume 28 hits makers' passion for play head-on with a 28-page special section devoted to Toys and Games, including a toy "pop-pop" steamboat made from a mint tin, an R/C helicopter eye-in-the-sky, and a classic video game console. You'll also b...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Front Porch: Zac Carroll (video) Updated: 2011-10-16 17:00:45 Description: Zac Carroll and his team created a moveable Front Porch that is towed by a vintage tractor. He brought this creation, complete with all sorts of nostalgic reminders of domesticity, to Maker Faire Bay Area and demonstrates its early 20th century perio...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mechanical Swamp Kirin Lumbers Around Maker Faire Updated: 2011-10-15 15:30:27 Description: Haley Who, as liaison for the Seabat family, guides the Mechanical Swam Kirin around Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. According to Haley’s story, Evrin Seabat spotted a Swamp Kirin in Japan and brought back documentation of it. His son Seth wanted one fo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD ArcAttack! at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 (video) Updated: 2011-10-14 17:00:27 Description: Joe and John DiPrima's ArcAttack! is a performance group that creates electrifying melodies by controlling the frequency sweep on their solid state Tesla coil. This is accompanied by a full drum set that's controlled electrically through a series of ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Make: Live 10/12/11 — Toys & Games (video) Updated: 2011-10-13 21:29:29 Description: Make: Live episode 18 featured makers in MAKE v28, the toys & games issue! Onyx Ashanti performs and talks Xbees and sensors, and Michael Colombo explains his reflective improvement to flashlight tag. David Harris made Charlie's bear (above), or...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cupcake Cars by Acme Muffineering (video) Updated: 2011-10-12 17:00:15 Description: Lisa Pongrace's cupcake cars are powered by electric motors, and evolved from a costume idea for Burning Man. After building the first prototype, her friends wanted their own mobile muffins and helped create a fleet of confectionery art cars, now kno...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Uira Engine: Alan Rorie (video) Updated: 2011-10-11 19:00:30 Description: The Uira Engine is a part of the guts from the Raygun Gothic Rocket Ship, which now resides in San Francisco's Embarcadero. For Maker Faire Bay Area 2011, the engine was displayed by its designer, Alan Rorie. The engine consists of a series of cylind...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nor Cal Mars Rover Project: Jon Cox (video) Updated: 2011-10-11 17:00:42 Description: Jon Cox shows the Nor Cal Mars Rover Project at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. This group of enthusiasts is dedicated to furthering the cause of making manned missions to Mars with the possibility of colonization in the future. NASA approached the group ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The R2D2 Builders Club at Maker Faire (video) Updated: 2011-10-10 17:01:40 Description: allowfullscreen> The R2D2 Builder's Club brings one of the world's most beloved fictional robots to life. Steve Simmons and his hobby roboticist club use fabrication, programming, and remote controls to build exact replicas of R2D2. Their R2's are qu...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Make: Live Episode 18: Toys & Games (preview video) Updated: 2011-10-10 14:40:01 Description: Join us Wednesday evening for the next episode of Make: Live, our streaming show and tell! Episode 18 celebrates the release of the new MAKE magazine, all about toys and games you can make yourself....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD How-To: Shrinkify Your Arduino Projects Updated: 2011-10-10 11:00:44 Description: If you have a simple Arduino project that uses only a few pins, you might be able to shrink it down to a single 8-pin ATtiny chip. In this video, Matt shows you how, based on a tutorial from MIT Media Lab's High-Low Tech Group. The best part is you c...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Simple Bots: Randy Sarafan (video) Updated: 2011-10-09 20:30:44 Description: Randy Sarafan started Simple Bots on a bet. A coworker wanted a simple introduction to robotics, so Randy set out to prove that he could build a functioning robot in ten minutes. This was the impetus for a family of bots shown at Maker Faire Bay Area...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD David Simpson’s Bug-in-a-Book Kit for Covert Listening Updated: 2011-10-09 18:20:15 Description: David Simpson was contacted by MAKE to create a spying device for MAKE Volume 16, so he came up with the Bug-In-A-Book project, a hacked together wireless listening device embedded in a hollowed out book. As Simpson explains at Maker Faire Bay Area 2...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DNA Makers: Dawei Lin (video) Updated: 2011-10-07 17:00:26 Description: Dawei Lin studies DNA at UC, but also started building Lego models of DNA as a teaching tool for his young daughter. At Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 he displays the various DNA models he's made, while explaining that the act of construction can often be...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Automatic Media Deactivation System (video) Updated: 2011-10-05 17:49:15 Description: Jake Ketchum's Automatic Media Deactivation System attaches to a standard power strip and shuts off all power to a room's electronics when its smart sensor detects that a person is no longer in the room. When someone re-enters, the system is switched...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD PhoneSat Aims to Send a Cellphone into Space (video) Updated: 2011-10-04 17:00:48 Description: At Maker Faire Bay Area 2011, Ben demonstrates PhoneSat, a project in conjunction with NASA done to prove that a cellphone can serve as a viable CPU in an orbital satellite. The Nexus One on board uses the Android OS and is monitored by an Arduino th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Collin’s Lab: Electronics Tools Updated: 2011-10-04 16:30:56 Description: I've amassed a decent collection of tools since I started working in electronics - some useful & some that seemed useful at the time of acquisition. Not surprisingly, it's the basics that prove indispensable - and the above video gives you my t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Higher: Benjamin Carpenter (video) Updated: 2011-10-03 17:00:49 Description: Artist Benjamin Carpenter explores interactions between systems in his mechanical kinetic sculpture "Higher". At Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 he demonstrates the work, consisting of 3 vertically oscillating eyeballs atop springs. The movement is control...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Backyard Chemistry at Maker Faire Bay Area Updated: 2011-10-02 13:00:25 Description: With over 200,000 views, Hayden Parker’s YouTube channel has become a popular spot for watching home chemistry demonstrations. Hayden took his show on the road to Maker Faire Bay Area 2011, where he set up a basic chemistry lab, teaching the scienc...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bay Area Lego Users Group, BAYLUG (video) Updated: 2011-10-01 17:00:21 Description: The Bay Area Lego Users Group builds creations of every size and type imaginable, exclusively using Lego blocks. From entire neighborhoods of buildings, to a scale reproduction of the battleship Yamato, they had plenty on hand to show at Maker Faire ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Super Simple Copper Etching – Sylvia’s Mini Maker Show Updated: 2011-09-30 17:00:41 Description: Did you ever want to upgrade your bread-boarded circuits to something more permanent? Or maybe you’ve got a hankering to make your own metal Jelwery? Today we’ll show you how you can do both! With super simple copper etching! Lets go!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fun Bike Unicorn Club: Todd Barricklow (video) Updated: 2011-09-29 19:30:23 Description: Fun Bike Unicorn Club - Todd Barricklow , through the Fun Bike Unicorn Club, works metal into unique pedal-powered vehicles. His designs often start from just a sketch, and completed through a process of trial-and-error. He came to Maker Faire Bay Ar...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Make: Live 9/28/11 — 3D Modeling & Printing (video) Updated: 2011-09-29 15:32:54 Description: Make: Live episode 17 features 3D modeling and printing and was live from the MakerBot workshop in Brooklyn, NY. Learn about the software and hardware toolchain for realizing your imagination in 3D objects in this archived episode. In the clip above,...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cycling Stunt Men Prove Their Mettle in the Whiskey Drome Updated: 2011-09-28 18:00:51 Description: The cycling madmen of Whiskeydrunk Cycles, part of Fun Bike Unicorn Club, set up their Whiskey Drome at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. In the vide above, Joshua Thwaites and Joey Caster tell us about the inspiration for this barrel-shaped arena while cyc...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Arduino Cookbook Author Michael Mari (video) Updated: 2011-09-27 17:00:17 Description: Michael Mari wrote Arduino Cookbook, a collection of projects utilizing the physical computing platform of Arduino. He was on hand at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 to discuss Arduino and his book published by O'Reilly Media....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tyto Alba: Brother John and Sister Sharon (video) Updated: 2011-09-27 00:00:57 Description: Tyto Alba is an art car made from the remnants of 25 bicycles, along with an owl figurehead fashioned from leather feathers. Brother John and Sister Sharon combine their skills of mechanical engineering and leather shoemaking to showcase their creat...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The New Music Box: Joe Sooch (video) Updated: 2011-09-26 21:00:35 Description: Joe Sooch designed and built the New Music Box, an automated musical instrument that blends old and new technology that produces percussive music through solenoids and a sequencer. At Maker Faire Bay Area 2011, the Music Box drummed rhythms, noise, a...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Make: Live Episode 17: 3D Modeling & Printing (preview video) Updated: 2011-09-26 15:30:21 Description: Join us Wednesday evening for the next episode of Make: Live, our streaming show and tell! Episode 16 is all about 3D modeling and printing....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Make: Live Episode 17: 3D Modeling & Printing (preview video) Updated: 2011-09-26 15:30:21 Description: Join us Wednesday evening for the next episode of Make: Live, our streaming show and tell! Episode 16 is all about 3D modeling and printing....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Laser Craze: Nick Leindecker (video) Updated: 2011-09-24 17:00:42 Description: Nick Leindecker of the Stanford Optical Society shows Laser Craze, a laser cutter that is controlled by two knobs much in the way an Etch a Sketch works. At Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 he allowed attendees to try out his invention on various burnable ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hacked Knitting Machine Depicts Cosby’s Face (video) Updated: 2011-09-23 19:30:39 Description: CRAFT sure had a great time at World Maker Faire last weekend. Here's a highlight: Andrew Salomone uses a hacked knitting machine from the 80s to "print" digital images into knitted garments. At World Maker Faire New York 2011, Andrew demonstrates th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD FTCquel: Mark Edelman (video) Updated: 2011-09-23 17:00:38 Description: Mark Edelman from NorCalFTC shows the competition area for a yearly teen program in robotics. At Maker Faire Bay Area 2011, student teams used their engineering and technology skills to pit their creations against one another in the final tech challe...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD How-To: Drifting Robot Car (video) Updated: 2011-09-22 17:30:58 Description: Learn how to make a drifting robot car with a few cheap components and some simple code in this tutorial episode of The Latest in Hobby Robotics....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cigar Box Fiddles by Xylocopa Design Updated: 2011-09-21 11:00:02 Description: Among other whimsical items, Xylocopa Design fabricates unique musical instruments, such as this 5 stringed boxy fiddle. These creations were born from Michele’s practice in musical instrument repair and grew into the design of completely new instr...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fire Jam – Saphira: Alex Jacobson, John Boyer, and Sam Frank (video) Updated: 2011-09-20 17:00:57 Description: The Young Makers Program at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 produced two interesting projects by Alex Jacobson, John Boyer, and Sam Frank. Saphira is an animatronic fire-breathing dragon, and Fire Jam is a visualization device for the Rock Band video game ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rock the Bike: Paul Freedman (video) Updated: 2011-09-18 17:00:06 Description: Paul Freedman throws conscious hip hop concerts by turning alternative transportation into alternative energy. Rock the Bike brings funky beats and sound gear to any venue, then sets up stationary bikes that are converted into electricity generators....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Make: Live 9/16/11 — Maker Faire NY & The Makeys Awards (video) Updated: 2011-09-18 11:16:44 Description: In episode 16 we met makers live from World Maker Faire NY 2011 and announced the winners of the MAKE Magazine Industry Maker Awards. Twelve companies were nominated in four categories on which MAKE readers voted. And the winners are: Most Hackable G...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD RAMPs: John Schimmel (video) Updated: 2011-09-17 17:00:57 Description: John Schimmel teaches the Assistive Technology class at NYU's ITP program. The RAMPs project allows a wheelchair-bound DJ to roll up to a stationary set of rollers that are connected to rotary encoders attached to an Arduino. The interpreted data is ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cool Neon: Benny James: (video) Updated: 2011-09-16 17:00:22 Description: Entrepreneur Benny James runs Cool Neon, a Burning Man-inspired business supplying electroluminescent wire to artists and electronics makers. He has seen his business flourish as he enables costume makers, festival vehicle designers, and hobbyists to...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD littleBits: Ayah Bdeir Updated: 2011-09-16 15:40:16 Description: littleBits is a system of electronic parts for play and prototyping. Designed for children, artists, or anyone shy about soldering, littleBits make electronics easy, fun, fast and accessible. Ayah Bdeir talks about her simple and intriguing system of...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fire-breathing Gon KiRin Coming to World Maker Faire (video) Updated: 2011-09-14 20:30:52 Description: Meet Ryan Doyle, the co-creator of Gon KiRin, a 69' fire-breathing dragon. Ryan learned to create in many mediums while working in his grandmother's doll hospital, and took his recycled art-car-dragon to Detroit to finish it amid the artifacts of Ame...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Praxis Zero: Andrew Benson (video) Updated: 2011-09-14 17:00:20 Description: Andrew Benson's Praxis Zero guitars are modular frameworks for guitars that can have interchangeable bodies, and can have their specs easily changed to suit the needs of the player. All the parts are sculpted with a CNC router and were on display at ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD MakerBot Turtle Shell Racers Updated: 2011-09-14 00:30:31 Description: MakerBot shows off the 3D printed turtle shell RC cars they are bringing to World Maker Faire NY this weekend. There has been quite a bit of excitement over at the Botcave since Thingiverse user Skimbal launched his Turtle Shell Racers project (High ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Museum of Interesting Things: Denny Daniel Updated: 2011-09-13 18:30:49 Description: Denny Daniel is the creator and curator of the Museum of Interesting Things. At first glance these mundane objects from throughout history seem disjointed and random, until you realize that the common thread is inspiration and innovation....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mapbag: Josh Billions (video) Updated: 2011-09-13 17:00:06 Description: Josh Billions demonstrates the Mapbag at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. It is a bicycle messenger bag with a ring of vibrating motors sewn into its strap, whose positions correspond to compass points. This soft circuit project uses a Lilypad in conjunct...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Collin’s Lab: Atari Punk Console Updated: 2011-09-13 16:30:06 Description: A true classic for DIY synth makers and circuit benders, the Atari Punk Console can kick out some ear-catching square waves. It's easy to build and a lot of fun to play around with. It may be challenging to make traditional music with an APC, but h...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Inside Glenn Derry’s Workshop (video) Updated: 2011-09-12 17:00:07 Description: Avatar's special effects innovator Glenn Derry hacks together blockbuster filmmaking tools. Learn more about his workshop and homebrew virtual camera in MAKE v27....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lasersaur: Addie and Stefan (video) Updated: 2011-09-12 16:59:48 Description: Addie and Stefan demonstrate Lasersaur at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. Lasersaur is an open source laser cutter the team made after learning a laser cutter would be cost prohibitive for them personally. Using easily reproducible parts, the Lasersaur is...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Make: Live Episode 16: Makeys & World Maker Faire NY (preview video) Updated: 2011-09-12 15:00:27 Description: Join us Friday for the next episode of Make: Live, our streaming show and tell! Makers from all over the world are converging on New York City for World Maker Faire New York this weekend at The New York Hall of Science in Queens. We’ll be announcin...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robotic B.A.R.Tender: Jason Gouw (video) Updated: 2011-09-11 17:00:02 Description: Jason Gouw shows his prototype for the Robotic B.A.R.Tender at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. Intended to aid a human bartender in the mixing of standard drinks, this robot holds bottles of liquor upside down and pours the proper amounts based on which d...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Wood Bikes: Art You Can Ride Updated: 2011-09-10 13:00:25 Description: Bill Patchett and Bill Holloway create complete bike frames out of wood, following the entire process from felling a tree in the urban forest, to shaping and finishing it. This creative example of reuse becomes a piece of rolling art at Maker Faire B...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nemo Gould’s Homunculus Sculpture (video) Updated: 2011-09-08 18:30:27 Description: Nemo Gould brings Homunculus to Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 – a garbage robot fashioned from carefully selected reused parts. The head is a recycled voltmeter that’s been flipped upside down, and his guts include woodwind parts and vacuum t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bethany Shorb of Cyberoptix TieLab (video) Updated: 2011-09-07 17:30:20 Description: Bethany Shorb of Cyberoptix TieLab recently acquired a stash of old used silkscreens to be reclaimed and reused to print her tie designs. But a closer inspection revealed something too interesting to wash out, and these industrial cast-offs generate...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD What’s a Hackerspace? Mitch Altman Explains (video) Updated: 2011-09-07 17:00:45 Description: Mitch Altman, founder of NoiseBridge hackerspace in San Francisco, talks at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 about how spaces like his are allowing creative expression all over the world. Hackers at NoiseBridge conduct biology experiments and hacked a wheel...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Monochron Clock Kit – Sylvia’s Mini Maker Show Updated: 2011-09-06 16:30:58 Description: It's time to make another kit from Adafruit, the alarmingly awesome Monochron clock kit. Lets go!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Three Mutopia Pods: Flaming Lotus Girls (video) Updated: 2011-09-06 02:13:54 Description: The Flaming Lotus Girls create metal machines that are beautiful to look at, but often spit fire as well. Margaret Long and her all-female group of fabricators brought their Three Mutopia Pods to Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dr. Ruth Schulz Interview at FOO Camp Updated: 2011-09-02 19:30:28 Description: At FOO Camp 2011, Dr. Ruth Schulz from University of Queensland discusses Lingodroids, robots that can generate their own language that allows them to communicate with each other....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD This Potentially Annoying Sound Isn’t so Bad After All Updated: 2011-09-02 17:00:30 Description: Chris McMullen and Steve Withycombe’s Potentially Annoying Sound is a kinetic sound sculpture constructed from various mechanical elements and a set of discarded church organ pipes. At Maker Faire Bay Area 2011, attendees delightfully turned a larg...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Drawing Machine: Harvey Moon (video) Updated: 2011-09-01 17:00:36 Description: Harvey Moon's Drawing Machine is, at its core, a pen attached to two belts that are both suspending it over a page and controlling its movements. Taking its cues from computer data, the Drawing Machine can reproduce any digitized picture or photograp...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Systematic Annihilation of Helpless Objects Via Robot (video) Updated: 2011-08-30 17:00:51 Description: The Systematic Annihilation of Helpless Objects Via Robot is an arena full of machines that spew fire and destroy home appliances and other detritus that would normally be relegated to the trash. Justin Gray's creations are built from and inspired by...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Aperion: Charles Gadeken Updated: 2011-08-28 13:00:11 Description: Charles Gadeken demonstrates Aperion, a large sculpture depicting a flower resting on three large leaves. Aperion is a large tesla coil which processes sound into electrical impulses. At Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 he uses an electric guitar as a contr...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Krunk Bunk (Micro Sleep-Loft) – Tiny Yellow House Updated: 2011-08-26 19:30:12 Description: Here's another video of one of the many projects I've been messing with lately, its a legless bunk set-up called "The Krunk Bunk" that was one of two projects we took on in our Relax Shacks July Tiny Housing/Shelter/Building workshop in MA. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Typewriter Assemblage: Jeremy Mayer Updated: 2011-08-26 17:00:18 Description: Jeremy Mayer's typewriter assemblages are sculptural pieces made purely from typewriter parts. In a process he calls "reassemblage", Mayer fits the pieces together into likenesses of living creatures using no welds, glue, solder, or external parts. H...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Make: Live 8/24/11 — Make Labs (video) Updated: 2011-08-26 06:35:20 Description: Episode 15 was live from Make Labs in Sebastopol, California. The interns show off projects from the magazine and their own creations, like Dan Spangler's combustion cannon called "Big Bertha." Max Heald shows us his in-progress electric wheelchair r...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Latest in Hobby Robotics 19 Updated: 2011-08-25 18:45:29 Description: Chris the Carpenter is giving his wife a ride, Jaimie's robot is bigger than him, MarkusB keeps launching rockets, Stoerpeak has made a cheap robot arm that can copy moves, and LMR is written in sweets by mogul's m&m sorter #3. All this in what ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Opabinia Regalis: A Pyrotechnical Precambrian Pedal Car Updated: 2011-08-25 17:00:21 Description: The day before Maker Faire Bay Area opened, we ran into Kurt and Bobbi Pires putting the finishing touches on a unique quadricycle in the South Lot of the fairgrounds. Dubbed Opabinia Regalis, the vehicle is named after an extinct Precambrian creatu...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Russell the Electric Giraffe (video) Updated: 2011-08-24 17:15:42 Description: During Maker Faire Bay Area 2011, we caught up with Lindsy Lawlor, creator of one of the most popular attractions at the Faire-- Russell the electric giraffe. With the help of his English programmer, also named Russell, the rolling, walking, talking ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD No Heat Lava Lamp – Sylvia’s Mini Maker Show Updated: 2011-08-23 17:30:47 Description: Today we’ll show you how to make your own groovy lava lamp, no heat required! All you need are a few things you just might have in your kitchen. Lets go!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD D.I.Y. Flame Tree: Brett Levine (video) Updated: 2011-08-23 17:00:33 Description: Brett Levine has been fascinated by fire since he was a boy, coming close to setting his house on fire several times during his learning process. His latest creation, the DIY Flame Tree, is a freeform construction of copper tubing with gaseous vents ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Make: Live Episode 15: Make Labs (preview video) Updated: 2011-08-22 21:50:15 Description: Join us Wednesday evening for the next episode of Make: Live, our streaming show and tell! Episode 15 is live from Make Labs in Sebastopol California. The interns will show off projects from the magazine and their own creations, like Dan SpanglerR...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Metalheads at Maker Faire Detroit Updated: 2011-08-17 17:30:14 Description: Joe Sandor and the crew from Chicago Crucible demonstrate an iron pour at Maker Faire Detroit 2011. These metalheads collected metal from old radiators and coke from a Detroit power plant and then fired up the furnace. They poured the molten steel in...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD EconoSpazzi Robot Updated: 2011-08-17 17:00:13 Description: Andrew Terranova from Let's Make Robots mods the Spazzi Robot project from MAKE 27 to use less expensive solenoids. He calls it the EconoSpazzi....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Enough Already: The Arduino Solution to Overexposed Celebs Updated: 2011-08-16 14:57:55 Description: I don’t know about you, but I’m a little sick of hearing about the same people on TV over and over again. I came up with this Arduino-based solution to mute my TV so that I don’t have to hear about Donald Trump’s feud with who...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Super Awesome Sylvia Shows How to Build the LOL Shield Kit Updated: 2011-08-16 00:00:52 Description: Super Awesome Sylvia is back with an all new video about the LOL Shield! Take it away, Sylvia! For this build, we’re laughing out loud at how many LEDs we’re going to solder in for the LOL (Lots of LEDs) Shield by our good buddy, Jimmie Rodgers! ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Make: Live 8/10/11 — Metalworking (video) Updated: 2011-08-11 17:20:29 Description: Make: Live episode 14 is all about metalworking....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Make: Live Episode 14: Metalworking (preview video) Updated: 2011-08-08 17:00:48 Description: Join us Wednesday evening for the next episode of Make: Live, our streaming show and tell! Episode 14 is all about Metalworking....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LED Shoe Clips Make Your Toes Twinkle Updated: 2011-08-05 19:00:27 Description: Twinkle toes! Make LED ruffles to customize your shoes in this CRAFT video. This easy soft circuit project can get you started in wearable electronics and even may help you find your way in a dark parking lot....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Video Interview with David Ten Have of Ponoko Updated: 2011-08-05 17:00:27 Description: David Ten Have from Ponoko visted the MAKE offices in Sebastopol, CA recently, and Dale Dougherty conducted this video interview. Ponoko accepts plans for 2D and 3D parts bundled with electronics and other products to bring access to hard-to-find too...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Latest in Hobby Robotics 16 Updated: 2011-08-04 17:00:54 Description: Do you know how to make a robot, and could you come up with 100 inspiring ideas for cool robot projects? In this weeks episode of The Latest in Hobby Robotics, Frits is taking up the challenge, starting out with the basics of robot building, and quic...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Make: Live 7/29/11 — Maker Faire Detroit (video) Updated: 2011-07-30 19:24:30 Description: Live from the The Henry Ford in Detroit, Make: Live episode 13 gives you a small taste of what you’ll find in the Motor City’s own incarnation of Maker Faire, the world’s largest DIY festival. In this highlight, Greg Gage from Backy...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Latest in Hobby Robotics 15 Updated: 2011-07-29 17:00:22 Description: Multicopters is an exciting new area of hobby robotics. They are also sometimes known as UAV’s, and essentially they are “flying hobby robots.” They are made with a center that holds micro controllers, sensors, receivers, transmitte...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Make: Live Episode 13: Maker Faire Detroit (preview video) Updated: 2011-07-25 17:00:20 Description: The next episode of our streaming show and tell Make: Live is a special broadcast from Maker Faire Detroit, live from the Henry Ford this Friday. Join us as we celebrate the kickoff of a weekend of making in the Mitten at the worlds largest DIY festi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD How-To: PVC and Cable Dyeing Updated: 2011-07-25 11:00:01 Description: I’m not surprised about the popularity of Sean Michael Ragan’s PVC dyeing technique write-up on Make: Projects. So many projects we feature use this boring white pipe because of its low price, widespread availability, and versatility. Sin...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DJ Sures’ Hacked Toy Robots (video) Updated: 2011-07-14 21:00:44 Description: Watching an animated robot is certainly amusing, but interacting with a robot is an experience! you can make interactive robots with unique personalities out of many common toys using the EZ-B Robot Controller. Check out the complete tutorial in MAKE...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Latest in Hobby Robotics 14 Updated: 2011-07-14 17:00:53 Description: Walking on 2 feet is not that hard… or is it? The answer is “yes,” if you are a robot. Well, at least it’s an ongoing challenge. In this week’s edition of The Latest in Hobby Robotics, Andrew and Frits are looking at som...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Make: Live 7/13/11 — Robots (video) Updated: 2011-07-14 16:00:24 Description: Make: Live episode 12 is all about robots, celebrating the release of MAKE v27. Our guests Simone Davalos, Andrew Terranova, and Tim Laursen brought the house down! Tim Laursen performs in-studio with his incredible Robot Drummers, and Andrew Terrano...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD “The Blue Crab” One-Sheet Plywood Boat – Tiny Yellow House Updated: 2011-07-12 17:00:47 Description: For this episode of “Tiny Yellow House” for Make Magazine, host Derek “Deek” Diedricksen pulls another idea from his book Humble Homes, Simple Shacks. This time, its an easy wooden boat made from little more than one sheet of ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Make: Live Episode 12: Robots (preview video) Updated: 2011-07-11 17:00:41 Description: Join us Wednesday evening for the next episode of Make: Live, our streaming show and tell! Episode 12 is all about DIY robots to celebrate the upcoming release of MAKE Volume 27....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Latest in Arduino 02 Updated: 2011-07-08 17:00:39 Description: This month's Latest in Arduino episode is out. Host James Floyd Kelly discusses a new Arduino book, solders up the Maker Shield, and discusses Arduino-controlled robots with J. D. and Josh....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Circuit Skills: Fiber Optics, sponsored by Jameco Electronics Updated: 2011-07-07 22:01:15 Description: Not all electronic signals are communicated via electricity. By transmitting information in the form of light, we can avoid many limitations inherent to traditional wiring. And on top of all those benefits - fiber optics are just straight-up cool!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Latest in Hobby Robotics 13 Updated: 2011-07-07 17:00:12 Description: In this weeks edition of The Latest in Hobby Robotics, Andrew and Frits are looking at a big question in life: “Why build a robot?” And they have at least one fun reason: Solve a challenge. Frits’s favorite challenge is discussed in...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD How-To: Resistor Necktie Updated: 2011-07-01 19:00:32 Description: In this episode of Becky’s Workshop on CRAFT, learn to construct a basic long necktie with stripes to represent your favorite value of resistor – fashion inspired by the electronics bench! Learn to work with slippery fabrics cut on the bi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Skill Builder: Caffenol Homebrew Film Developer Updated: 2011-07-01 19:00:15 Description: Only recently did I find out that you can develop negative film with instant coffee, vitamin C, and washing soda. This homebrew developer has become known as “caffenol” and there are plenty of photographers out there who have used this me...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Latest in Hobby Robotics 12 Updated: 2011-06-30 17:00:54 Description: In this weeks edition of The Latest in Hobby Robotics, Frits and Andrew are looking at an interesting home made project: An environmental homemade robot, with some interesting moves, plus it’s own oxygen, hydrogen tank hooked up to a fuel cell....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Collin’s Lab: Switches Updated: 2011-06-28 04:16:27 Description: Easily overlooked, but elemental to electronics hardware, the manually operated switch is the simplest of electromechanical devices -- and likely the most familiar. While the most basic switch is... well, quite basic, there's a crazy-huge variety of...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Latest in Hobby Robotics 11 Updated: 2011-06-23 17:00:57 Description: In this weeks episode of The Latest in Hobby Robotics, Andrew and Frits are looking at some cool designs for home made robots. Here are links related to the show: Chris The Carpenters Steampunk robot Wikipedia on steampunk Robot 2 by Axbri Ant’...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Make: Live 6/22/11 — Photo and Video (video) Updated: 2011-06-23 16:04:20 Description: Make: Live episode 11 is all about photography and video. We take you on a behind-the-scenes tour and show how we put together Make: Live. Matt Griffin from MakerBot shows us how they make timelapse movies of 3D printers doing their thing. Catch up o...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD How-To: Bottle Cutting Updated: 2011-06-20 11:00:07 Description: With a bottle cutting jig, you can easily recycle your used glass bottles into reusable drinking glasses or flower vases. After scoring the glass with the jig, there are a few different ways to make a clean break. In this video, I show how to do this...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Make: Live Episode 11: Photo and Video (preview video) Updated: 2011-06-17 17:00:57 Description: Join us Wednesday evening for the next episode of Make: Live, our streaming show and tell! Ep11 is all about photography and video. We’ll be giving you a behind-the-scenes look at how we put together Make: Live and Matt Griffin from MakerBot wi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Latest in Hobby Robotics 10 Updated: 2011-06-13 17:00:50 Description: What type of robot builder are you? Find out in this weeks edition of The Latest in Hobby Robotics, where Frits has Jax from California as a guest. Here are links related to the video: Test yourself: Arty or Techie Gareth’s robot fireflies Subs...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Make: Live 6/08/11 — Hackerspace Roadshow (video) Updated: 2011-06-09 17:44:47 Description: Make: Live episode 10 is our first Hackerspace Roadshow! Thanks to our guests from Twin Cities Maker, Milwaukee Makerspace, i3Detroit, and Noisebridge. Catch up on video and notes from the show here. Subscribe to the MAKE Podcast in iTunes, download ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Latest in Hobby Robotics 09 Updated: 2011-06-06 17:00:43 Description: Welcome to this weeks edition of The Latest in Hobby Robotics, where Frits and Andrew are taking a fast tour of 10 cool hobby robot projects! Here are links to the projects in the video: CNC machine v2.1 – aka “Valkyrie Reloaded” Z-...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD “The GottaGiddaWay” Micro-Hut/Cabin – Tiny Yellow House Updated: 2011-06-03 22:00:41 Description: “Tiny Yellow House” host Derek “Deek” Diedricksen gives MAKE a look at his brand new, multifaceted micro-structure/sleeper-cabin, “The GottaGiddaWay”- a homeless prototype built for $100.00. Subscribe to the MAKE P...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD TV-B-Gone Jacket Updated: 2011-06-03 19:52:05 Description: Whenever I bring my TV-B-Gone out to restaurants, I look suspicious pointing it around. So I embedded the device into a jacket and turned it into a wearable TV silencer. For the switch, I sewed paths of conductive thread that become bridged by the me...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Skill Builder: Bokeh Photography Effect Updated: 2011-06-03 19:00:56 Description: “Bokeh” comes from the Japanese word for “blur” or “haze.” It’s used to describe the quality of the out of focus areas of a photograph. If you’ve ever read a photography forum, you’ll know that th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Make: Live Episode 10: Hackerspace Roadshow (preview video) Updated: 2011-06-03 16:00:12 Description: Join us Wednesday evening for the next episode of Make: Live, our streaming show and tell! Ep10 is our first ever Hackerspace Roadshow. Take a virtual road trip with us to five hackerspaces in five cities across the US to see their communities and pr...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Circuit Skills: PWM (Pulse Width Modulation), sponsored by Jameco Electronics Updated: 2011-06-01 14:30:48 Description: Another clever trick from the world of electronics – Pulse Width Modulation is a simple method for controlling analog devices via a digital signal. It’s also a very efficient way to drive motors, lamps, LEDs, & more. If you’ve ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Latest in Hobby Robotics 08 Updated: 2011-05-31 15:30:41 Description: In this weeks edition of The Latest in Hobby Robotics, Frits and Andrew are looking at an interesting collaborative attempt for hobbyists to get together across the globe to build the most advanced amateur humanoid robot, followed by some inspiration...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD How-To: Get Started with Make: Projects Updated: 2011-05-26 22:00:36 Description: For those of you eager to boast about your maker prowess, but haven’t yet tried Make: Projects, I encourage you to take a look at this video to introduce you to what the site is all about and how it works. Make: Projects is a constantly growing...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Latest In Hobby Robotics 07 Updated: 2011-05-26 17:00:14 Description: Frits Lyneborg is back in his workshop in Denmark, with his guest this week: Andrew “ignoblegnome” from New Jersey. The show is revealing great news for fans of The Yellow Drum Machine (tutorial in June’s upcoming MAKE Volume 27), and a loo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Education Day at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 (video) Updated: 2011-05-25 17:00:20 Description: Maker Faire Education Day is opportunity for schools from near and far to bring their students to a sneak preview of Maker Faire. Some of our most engaging makers hosted 1600 kids and everyone had an amazing time. The students roamed from exhibit to ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Make: Live 5/20/11 — Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 (video) Updated: 2011-05-24 23:00:59 Description: Make: Live episode 09 was broadcasted from the grounds of Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. Thanks to our guests David Farish, Sung Kim, Jimmie Rodgers, Tero Karvinen, Kimmo Karvinen, Lindsay Lawlor, Gerard Nebesky, and our special guest host, Super Awesome...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Maker Faire Goat Eats Microphone Updated: 2011-05-23 18:12:00 Description: Yesterday in Homegrown Village at Maker Faire, our video crew found themselves with a unique gear crisis. During an interview, a goat ate the antenna off the wireless microphone. OM NOM! Get ready for some awesome video maker profiles from Maker Fair...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Time-Lapse Colossus Assembly Updated: 2011-05-20 21:08:44 Description: Over two days, the massive Colossus sculpture was erected on the midway at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. It reaches an impressive 70 feet into the sky and features three hanging boulders that rotate around the central support. We filmed this time-lapse ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Meet the Makers: Todd Williams Updated: 2011-05-19 18:27:42 Description: Todd Williams is jewelry maker with a fine hand, a sculpture maker with a wit, and a performer trickster. He might spend 200 or 300 hours perfecting one of his incredible Land Sharks but the real work comes when he brings them out to play. His sculpt...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Meet the Makers: Jordan Champagne Updated: 2011-05-16 21:09:54 Description: Jordan Champagne, owner of Happy Girl Kitchen, is a preservationist. She cherishes reclaimed wood, she only plays records in her shop, and she has a giant Velvet Elvis in her office. But her real skills are in preserving food. The things that she put...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Make: Live Episode 09: Maker Faire Bay Area (preview video) Updated: 2011-05-16 17:00:54 Description: Join us Friday evening for the next episode of Make: Live, our streaming show and tell! Ep09 is live from the Maker Faire Bay Area pre-party. We’ll be right next to the Colossus sculpture, where makers eat and drink to celebrate the weekendR...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 Editor’s Picks and Preview Video Updated: 2011-05-16 13:00:57 Description: Preview some of the exciting projects upcoming at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 in this preview video by MAKE video intern Cameron Caywood. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD |
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