MAKE Volume 35 is on newsstands and is loaded with fun, flashy projects! From Tesla coils to DIY sugar rockets, there’s something for every maker who loves flames, flash, and big bangs! To celebrate the release of this new issue, we’ll be hosting an international maker meetup at 6pm PST Aug. 1. We invite makers and makerspaces to join in the fun for a live hangout on Google+ and to share their electrifying creations.
Frank Howarth had milled some big pieces of Sequoia with a friend, but had some odd pieces leftover. He decided to take one and turn quite a large bowl from it.
Why be bored when you can make your own fun? Today on Maker Camp we’ll be making some fun game stuff with an author of Unbored: The Essential Field Guide to Serious Fun. Young maker Joey Hudy, a White House science fair veteran, (his motto is “Don’t be bored; MAKE something!”) will join us as well as his and his origami sensei mom—Julie Hudy.
MAKE Asks: is a weekly column where we ask you, our readers, for responses to maker-related questions. We hope the column sparks interesting conversation and is a way for us to get to know more about each other.
A group of space makers and hackers assembled this past weekend in Dallas for the Space Hacker Workshop at the Frontiers of Flight Museum. Doing space on the cheap was the general theme of the event with talks from leaders in the commercial and citizen space industries.
Toys are meant to be fun. Some are educational. How do you create toys that are both? Today on Maker Camp we delve into the next generation of toys and hangout with some of our favorite toy designers and makers to talk about their methods and inspiration. Joining us will be makercamp_300x250Ayah Bdeir of Little Bits, Bettina Chen and Alice Brooks of Roominate, and Doug Rollins, founder and CEO of Brinca Dada.
A glove box is a piece of safety equipment that lets you perform work on something while keeping it in isolation. It is most commonly used to protect operators working with hazardous materials, but it can also be used to protect sensitive materials from the outside atmosphere. In this project, I show you how to make a simplified DIY glove box to help contain your next messy, smelly, or sensitive project. Since different applications require different degrees of isolation, I demonstrate a variety of design features and how to implement them. You can then choose which features you want to use in your glove box.
