Cellphones – and portraits of mass consumption
Chris Jordan’s incredible gallery of stuff we throw out, pictured here, cellphones – [via] Link.
Craft & Design
From traditional crafts to modern crafts, we’re covering news and interesting projects to educate you and keep you inspired. Design trends and pop culture related projects are here to inspire.
Bar code quilt
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Simple Simon posted up a bar code quilt that’s accurate enough to scan – Link. Oh, the barcode is for this.
3D Ikea Manual
Augmented reality instruction manuals – “This project, named 3D IKEA Manual, aims to show the potential of augmented reality (AR) in domestic use. Instead of having only text and 2D images showing instructions to assemble furniture as in traditional manuals, an AR manual would have 3D virtual models appearing besides the written instructions. With 3D […]
T H U N D E R D O M E
If all goes well, tonight MAKE will be at Thunderdome in the bay area, “…grudge matches take center stage in a 40′ battle dome, with fighters suspended in our one-of-a-kind bungee harnesses straight out of Mad Max. – Two Makers enter, one Maker leaves! Link.
HOW TO – Make PVC instruments
Have your pipe dreams come true and make PVC instruments like the ones the Blue Man group uses, thanks K-milo! – Link. Related: PVC projects – Link.
DIY 1000 watt wind turbine
Sspence writes – “We built a 1000 watt wind turbine to help charge the battery bank that powers our offgrid home. It’s a permanent magnet alternator, generating 3 phase ac, rectified to dc, and fed to a charge controller. The magnets spin with the wind, the coils are fixed, so no brushes or slip rings […]
Workshops
We asked Makers to post photos up of their workshops, and wow, they’re great! Here are a few that just came in – if you have one, fire up the camera and post yours in the MAKE Flickr photo pool! We’ll pick a few over the next couple weeks and give you something neat – […]
