Green Cleaning Kit
The Worsted Witch shares her methods for mixing up and packaging her homemade green cleaning supplies. Love the cute and clever labels!
Energy & Sustainability
If you’re a maker just starting out your journey in sustainability, it can be overwhelming to figure out how to get started. From understanding the types of materials to utilize, learning what steps will help reduce waste and emissions, and finding inspiring new ways to explore creativity that don’t have a negative environmental impact. The good news is there are plenty of resources available for DIYers looking for ways to make their projects more sustainable – from simple switches you can make today, big-picture ideas for longterm change, or exciting new ways makers are helping push sustainability into the future. In these blog posts we’ll look at tips tricks and ideas specifically tailored towards diyers and makers on the road to creating projects with greater eco consciousness so that not only will you create something beautiful but also respect its impact on our planet!
Xeni joins the cupcake 1%-ers
There’s something divinely surreal about giant cupcakes tooling around with human heads poking out of their centers. We had the cupcake cars at last year’s Bay Area Maker Faire and I had a laugh every time they trundled by the MAKE booth. In this BBtv video, Xeni rides with the Cupcake Cutthroats (shiver me sprinkles!) […]
Excersize and make mixed drinks
We don’t condone drinking and driving here at MAKE, but we do like projects that combine domestic kitchen appliances with transportation devices like this “Bicycle Mixer” project from Berlin. Watch and learn how mixing drinks can actually get you into shape. Unbelievable Bicycle Mixer
Robot projects environmental threat levels
The Environmental Risk Assessment Rover (ERAR-AT) is a mobile, solar powered, GPS enabled, networked video installation that accumulates and aggregates environmental threats and risks faced by populations in its immediate vicinity. The project presents an assessment of the calculated threat by projecting a 14-tiered threat level indicator (similar to the US Homeland Security Threat level […]
Plastic bag animals
Lovely Plastic bag animals made from discarded bags that inflate when the subway goes under the grating, via NOTCOT.
Firewinder adds LEDs to wind powered lighting
The “Firewinder”, developed by British maker/inventor, Tom Lawton, is a hanging, wind-powered light that spins horizontally to illuminate LEDs in a spiral motion across its face. The brightness of the LEDs depends on how fast the turbine spins which allows for a cool visualization of the wind in its immediate vicinity. Really simple application, but […]
REMINDER: Time for spring cleaning! Recycling event at ACCRC
REMINDER: Attention Bay Area Makers! Is your house is filled with old, abandoned electronics? Do you have failed or unsatisfying projects in your garage? Maybe it’s time for some spring cleaning. You recycle your unused, household electronics this Saturday, March 29 from 10 am to 4pm at ACCRC in Berkeley. No fees are charged for […]
