Makers

Maker Channel Ep. 10 – Sunlight poem, Pedal-powered blender,

Maker Channel Ep. 10 – Sunlight poem, Pedal-powered blender,

Make: television presents:

Sunlight Poem Ji Yeon Songs one-day poem projector made of cardboard and sunlight.
Pedal-Powered Blender David Butcher outfits a bike with a generator that can run a blender.
Handmade Theremin- Lorin Parkers musical instrument is played without being touched.
Time-lapse Camera Jay Burlage hacks into a clock to create an inexpensive way of taking panning time-lapse photography.

Submit a video of your own project at makerchannel.org.

Maker Profile – Watershed Sculptures on Make: television

Maker Profile – Watershed Sculptures on Make: television

Journey upstream with environmentalist Dan McCormick, a maker who crafts intricate watershed sculptures out of woven willow branches. Dan places his eco-art in gullies and riverbanks to help reduce erosion and filter out sediment and farm fertilizers that can clog streams and suffocate spawning salmon. And see other manmade structures built to help fish return to their origins.

Learn more about Dan McCormick at http://www.landviews.org/la2003/meaning-dm.html

Maker Channel Ep. 8

Maker Channel Ep. 8

Make: television presents:

Uber Tuber Zack Gens and Ted Groessling slice and French fry potatoes with each blast of an air cannon.
Freeline Skates – Ryan Farrellys skates are made to simply step on and ride like two mini-skateboards.
Asteroids Watch – John Maushamers watches tell time while playing Asteroids and Pong.
Motorized Wheelchair Lance Greathouses custom wheelchair shoots flames.

Submit a video of your own project at makerchannel.org.

Maker Profile – Public Projections on MAKE: television

Maker Profile – Public Projections on MAKE: television

Ride along with Ali Momeni and his bicycle fleet of mobile video projectors that transform public spaces into eye-popping sound and light shows. Alis group, Art on Wheels brings ephemeral art to the masses by modifying vendor carts into portable projection systems that can roll to a site, set up and illuminate city walls at a moments notice, then whisk away into the night. Also, see the first projector, the magic lantern, thats still in use today.

Learn more about Ali Momeni and Art on Wheels at http://minneapolisartonwheels.org/.

Maker Profile – Music Machines on Make: television

Maker Profile – Music Machines on Make: television

Enter the plugged-in world of Tim Kaiser, a maker who creates experimental musical instruments from scavenged objects. Tim seeks out unique sounds everywhere he goes plucking chimes out of grandfather clocks and jingle mechanisms from childrens toys. And he doesnt stop there his electronic instruments have to look cool, too. So, Tim houses them in wildly inventive containers. Then meet the musical maverick who inspired him, Harry Partch.

Learn more about Tim Kaiser at http://www.timkaiser.org/.