Sugar Rockets in Philly
MAKE reader Ian Kimball of Philadelphia shares photos and video of his sugar rocket build experience. “They flew magnificently!” he reports. Next up for Ian and his boys: the Nuclear Fusor.
Kids & Family
Brew, Charge, Play: New Items in the Maker Shed!
Thirsty for new products? The Maker Shed online store is a tall, refreshing glass of cool items for the entire family. If your passion is craft brewing, you’re in luck! We recently received a slew of products that will kickstart a hobby in beer making. We have Bruxelles Blonde, Chestnut Brown Ale, and Everyday IPA, […]
Animatronics Kits for Learning
I just stumbled across the Star★Bot animatronic platform kit out of the community of makers in Florida. It’s designed for kids to “create animatronic robots and learn microcontrollers, mechanics and papercraft.” Its Kickstarter campaign ends in a few hours! Pat Starace developed the kits at FamiLAB “Central Florida’s provider of space, tools, and community for creative technical learning and projects.” (All the organizers for the Orlando Mini Maker Faire met at FamiLAB.)
How-To: Pizza Nachos
I like pizza, I like nachos, and they both come in triangle-shaped servings. If these pizza nachos were a snake it would’ve bit me.
Encouraging Girls to Hack and Make
After working as a hardware engineer, attending grad school at Harvard, and working in science and engineering education for 10 years, I decided to go back to my community last year and start a program for girls.
How-To: Recover Gold from Old Electronics
For the modern-day prospector the gold isn’t in them thar hills anymore, but it is in them thar flip phones, as this illuminating tutorial from Josehf Lloyd Murchison on recovering gold from old electronics demonstrates.
Mountain + Forest Advent Calendar
Count down to the big holiday with a handmade mountain and forest advent calendar. Via A Lovely Lark
