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Pardon the sawdust and feverish hammering...

1 Lut 2011 01:20 | http://blog.makezine.com/archi... | ∞

Our comments will be offline until we give the all-clear. We're taking a sawzall and crowbar to those antiquated suckers. Pardon the interruption, but believe us, it's all for the greater good. We appreciate your patience. In the meantime, feel fr...

Two new Arduino & Processing online classes: video mixing & visualization

31 Sty 2011 23:30 | http://blog.makezine.com/archi... | ∞

In February and March, O'Reilly Media is running two online classes with instructor Joseph Gray. The classes are free to attend if you're watching them online live, and they will be available for sale after the classes are over: Session 1: Build a...

Bollywoodbot

31 Sty 2011 22:31 | http://blog.makezine.com/archi... | ∞

OK, honestly, this has little to do with MAKE or making. It's scenes from a ridiculously over the top Terminator-like Bollywood movie. But the inventiveness of the transformations of the killer android, and the perverse humor of it all, tickled me ...

Boston vintage printshop equipment bonanza

31 Sty 2011 22:00 | http://blog.makezine.com/archi... | ∞

Last summer, the city of Boston's North Street municipal print shop was closed down. Now, the contents of the shop, which served the city for 78 years, are going up on the auction block. Andrew Ryan, writing for Boston.com, says: [T]he linotype ...

Update: MS Research bringing Kinects to Health 2.0 / MAKE code-a-thon in Boston

31 Sty 2011 21:30 | http://blog.makezine.com/archi... | ∞

In an update to last week's post Making for health: Calling Boston-area makers, the folks at Microsoft New England Research & Development Center are going to lend 4 or 5 Kinects for teams to use for the challenges. This should open up some really ...

How-To: Earthbag dome

31 Sty 2011 21:00 | http://blog.makezine.com/archi... | ∞

Owen Geiger on Instructables writes: This earthbag dome Instructable simplifies the process and illustrates each step of construction with photos. The two critical drawings are also included here. Please refer to the complete article before askin...

Math Monday: Office supplies

31 Sty 2011 21:00 | http://blog.makezine.com/archi... | ∞

By George Hart for the Museum of Mathematics For a true maker, any stock of unused office supplies is perceived as a challenge to make some kind of construction. Here is an icosahedrally symmetric geodesic sphere made from ninety paper fasteners. ...

Cyborg contact lenses

31 Sty 2011 19:00 | http://blog.makezine.com/archi... | ∞

Smart contact lenses for health and head-up displays at New Scientist: The next time you gaze deep into someone's eyes, you might be shocked at what you see: tiny circuits ringing their irises, their pupils dancing with pinpricks of light. These ...

The steam engines of Karsten Gintschel

31 Sty 2011 18:05 | http://blog.makezine.com/archi... | ∞

Rog of Temple of Steam has this to say about elusive German artisan-machinist Karsten Gintschel: These pieces are generally NOT available on eBay, in antique stores, flea markets or the other usual sources. Each example I have was either a priv...

In the Maker Shed: Guitar, mandolin and banjo kits

31 Sty 2011 17:00 | http://blog.makezine.com/archi... | ∞

Building a custom guitar, mandolin, or banjo has never been easier thanks to the popular Saga guitar kits from the Maker Shed! All the contours, critical angles, and pre-finishing work has been completed, eliminating any guess work, and the possibi...

Hunting hydrogen balloons with a weaponized tricopter

31 Sty 2011 16:00 | http://blog.makezine.com/archi... | ∞

Some crazy Swedish dudes have equipped their tricopter with 100-packs of fireworks and gone to hunt some hydrogen-filled balloons. As an added touch, they created a "defense sentry" that automatically launches rockets when it detects the tricopte...

Browser-based 3D modeling

31 Sty 2011 15:00 | http://blog.makezine.com/archi... | ∞

3DTin is a web-based 3D-modeling tool. As you can see from the selection of published models immediately above, 3DTin has adopted a voxel-based approach in which models are built up from unit cubes. While gluing cubes together may seem like...

Repurpose an old laptop as a digital picture frame

31 Sty 2011 13:00 | http://blog.makezine.com/archi... | ∞

Erik Pettersson couldn't find a digital picture frame he liked, so he rolled his own using an old laptop and a frame from Ikea. With Ubuntu running on the laptop, he created a few scripts for changing the picture at a determined interval and for t...

Badass LEGO Guns (and ammo)

31 Sty 2011 11:00 | http://blog.makezine.com/archi... | ∞

Lego for Adults author Martin Martin Hüdepohl's new book Badass LEGO® Guns walks you through illustrated step-by-step instructions to build five real working guns. These aren't your average lego shooters, but rather highly stylized tactical "weapon...

Reminder: Make It Last: Robot plant contest ends today

31 Sty 2011 10:00 | http://blog.makezine.com/archi... | ∞

Reminder: Today is the final day for the robot plant contest, so be sure to get your entry in by 11:59 PST. We can't wait to see what you've come up with! Read the Full Story » | More on MAKE » | Comments » | ...