Anti-flamethrower mosquito
Wait. Strike that! Reverse it! It’s an “anti-mosquito flamethrower.” By one Johannes Vogl. [via Boing Boing]
Makers
Matthew Borgatti’s Anywhere Organ up for Fun Theory award
Maker-about-town Matthew Borgatti, who brought us MST3Shades, printable handcuffs, and Bokode @ Home (among other awesome projects) has been nominated for a $25,000 grant from Volkswagen’s The Fun Theory initiative, whom you may remember as the sponsors of the Staircase Piano, the Bottle Recyling Arcade Game, and the World’s Deepest Rubbish Bin installations.
If he wins, Matt will use the grant money to build his “Anywhere Organ,” a demountable, portable pipe organ which he hopes to take on a tour of public installations across the country. You can read about (and vote for!) Matt’s proposal here.
Excelsior, Matt!
Review: Cory Doctorow’s Makers
Those of us immersed in the maker scene can’t help but wonder how it will all play out. Will we, at some point, return to the bad ol’ days of the last few decades when the word ‘crafting’ was associated with grandmas, ‘making’ with middle-aged shop teachers, and the closest thing to DIY was figuring […]
Alt.CES 2010 – MAKE’s take on gadget mania
Let’s be perfectly clear. We love gadgets here at MAKE. We like technology that works. Technology that expands ones reach and abilities. Technology that’s fun, challenging, and rewarding to fiddle with, improve. And technology that’s just darn cool. But there are gadget freaks like us, and then there’s the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the annual […]
Maker Birthdays: Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton was born on January 4, 1643 (died March 31, 1727). While this astoundingly-talented English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and natural philosopher is clearly one of the most influential scientists in human history, most of what’s generally known about him is more iconic/symbolic than real (think: countless Saturday morning cartoon depictions of apples falling on […]
Neil Gaiman’s NYE benediction
I love this touching New Year’s Eve message delivered by author Neil Gaiman at Symphony Hall in Boston (during a gig with his girlfriend, Amanda Palmer, playing with the Boston Pops). May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who […]
New Year’s resolutions – Maker edition
I know a lot of people turn their noses up at the idea of making annual resolutions. Personally, I’m a ritualist, and an eternal optimist, so I do it every year, even though the resolutions don’t usually stay resolute for very long. When we went through this exercise here last year, my resolution was to […]
