Pocket Reflectors for Cycling
Learn to whip up some pants pocket reflectors to gain visibility for night cycling. Becky Stern shows you how: http://makeprojects.com/Project/Pocket-Reflectors-for-Cycling/755/1
Drones & Vehicles
Pocket Reflectors for Cycling
Learn to whip up some pants pocket reflectors to gain visibility for night cycling. Becky Stern shows you how: http://makeprojects.com/Project/Pocket-Reflectors-for-Cycling/755/1
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There’s a quiet revolution going on in Africa, and it’s a bright one, eclipsing the usual “dark continent” story. It’s creative business with a global attitude, and it’s inspiring, for both Africans and Americans. With your help, we can post the first ten stories on a new website about young innovators inventing change in East Africa. Will you help build a community for African/American innovation? Help us edit ten webisodes this year.
Autodesk Acquires Instructables: What It Means for Makers
The big news this week was “Autodesk Acquires Instructables”. It’s taken me a few days of really thinking about this for my column. Autodesk is jumping in to the biggest DIY community online, it’s a huge risk – with likely even bigger reward. I think Autodesk knows how to make a thriving business for professionals, but what about the “makers”? That’s what this week’s column is about – Autodesk Acquires Instructables: What It Means For Makers.
Add a Gas Engine to Your Bike
Lew Frauenfelder had dreamed of owning a classic Whizzer motorbike since he was a young maker. Now retired, when he came across a link to bikemotorkits.com, he decided it was time to realize his dream and build a knockoff. Lew shares his build tale with us in MAKE Volume 26, the Karts and Wheels issue. […]
Treeline Bike Frame
Eli Moss wrote in to let us know about his tree-filled bike frame with laser-cut decals.
High-Powered Rocket Avionics
Serious rocket enthusiast Steve Jurvetson built these units for his rockets. They feature G-Wiz HCX flight computers and the one on the right has a Flip camera for some aerial video.
