How-To: Knit a Working Circuit
Forget about circuit boards and start thinking about circuit stitches with this illuminating tutorial by electronic art professor Jesse Seay on how to knit your own circuitry.
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Trimble is Ready to Tango
The location-based solution developer presents their new SketchUp Scan and Through the Wall apps for Project Tango at Google I/O today. Trimble’s Omar Soubra stopped by the Make: office to give us a sneak peek!
You Should Already Know About Becky Stern
If you don’t know who Becky Stern is, it’s not her fault. She’s prolific. She’s worked at Make:, Adafruit, places of higher learning, and given talks all over the nation. Any decent write up of her work could easily take up a small novella, or a shelf worth of alternative yet action packed zines. But for […]
Annika O’Brien Makes Cool Robots, Teaches Tech
Annika O’Brien is a roboticist with quite an online following. She is the founder of the LA Robotics Club, appeared in SyFy’s Robot Combat League, and works full time making cool robots and encouraging kids to learn technology.
TechShop Partners with National Instruments
TechShop today announced a new partnership with hardware and software manufacturer National Instruments.
The Most Face-Melting Music Video You’ve Ever Seen
In a fascinating new music video directed by Yoonha Park for experimental rock band Liars, we get to see the process of creating realistic sculptures of their faces using 3D scanning techniques and CNC routing.
Maker Hangar 2 ep1: What is a Tricopter?
Maker Hangar Is back! Learn to build two new aircraft this season, a tricopter and second airplane. In this episode, I talk about what a tricopter is and some of its advantages over other multicopters. We also take a look into the kits that are being sold for this year. Stay tuned for the next episode where I’ll show how to get started building the Tricopter!