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MAKE Magazine
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MAKE is a quarterly publication from O'Reilly for those who just can't stop tinkering, disassembling, re-creating, and inventing cool new uses for the technology in our lives. It's the first do-it-yourself magazine dedicated to the incorrigible and chronically incurable technology enthusiast in all of us. MAKE celebrates your right to tweak, hack, and bend technology any way you want.
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DIY Tilt-Shift Lens

If you’re looking for an interesting project for your DSLR camera, you might find the DIY Tilt-Shift lens from Flickr user Maciej Pietuszynski to be worthy of your weekend project time. Maciej&...

1 h ago

Arduino-Controlle d Pneumatic Servo

Kinetic sculptor David Bynoe of Calgary, AB, sent in this project he’s working on. Looks pretty slick! For an upcoming project I needed a pneumatic ram with a closed loop control system so I co...

8 h ago

Kinect Gesture-Controlle d RC Helicopter

Forbes blogger TJ McCue sent us a link to this awesome Kinect project with gesture-controls an S107 RC Helicopter. The builder, cdoughty29 on YouTube, writes: The Kinect detects my hands, head, and h...

11 h ago

Open Music Labs on the ATmega328p ADC

Here’s an amazing article from Open Music Labs which provides an in-depth explanation of the inner workings of the ATmega328p ADC, and how to squeeze every last bit of performance out of it. &n...

12 h ago

Tool Review: DeWalt Tough Tool Box

Despite its modest appearance, D eWalt’s ToughSystem tool case is more aptly described as a portable “tool bunker” than a mere tool box. An impenetrable tool...

14 h ago

Cycle: Mechanized Virtual Bike Ride

Eric Hagan of ITP demonstrates “Cycle”, a stationary bike that’s mechanically connected to a giant wheel with scenery sculpted upon it’s circumference. A camera gives a close-...

15 h ago

PCB Sprayer Machine Helps You Etch Your Own

MIT student Christian Reed built this PCB Sprayer top etch his own boards: Plenty of people have published and built CNC machines. Even some 3D printers have started to pop up. Countless tools and de...

16 h ago

Soapbox: The {Unspoken} Rules of Open Source Hardware

I truly believe open source hardware is here to stay, It has established itself as a great community, a great effort, and for many, a great business. I spend most of my days working on open source ha...

16 h ago

Interns Corner: Meet Our Newest Intern

A warm welcome to Ben, Make: Labs’ newest recruit!  Although still a senior in high school, Ben has plenty of experience in making, and has lost no time in acquainting himself with the ple...

17 h ago

Tinplate Kinetic Valentine

Becky shared the goodness that is Tinplate Girl’s collection of free online instructional videos and downloadable project patterns back in October. This simple kinetic sculpture called “B...

18 h ago

In the Maker Shed: Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas

Did you forget about Valentine’s Day (like I did) and need a gift for that special someone? Here are some great ideas from the “Geek Chic” category of the Maker Shed! Show your Vale...

19 h ago

Super-Simple Bat Glove

By now, hopefully, most of you will have seen Steve Hoeffer’s Tacit haptic wrist rangefinder project in MAKE Vol 29. MAKE regular David Prutchi recently saw it, and just sent me a link to this ...

21 h ago

Dimmable LED Light Panel

If you’re looking for a cheap fill light for your video work, check out YouTube member DTapeProductions DIY light panel using stick-on 12V LED light strips. It’s not going to be daylight ...

23 h ago

DIY Popup Flash Bouncer

Check out this popup flash bouncer from Flickr user synthetic_meat that uses a piece of recycled foil-lined cardboard box to diffuse your cameras built-in flash. [via lifehacker]

1 day ago

Global Hackerspace Cupcake Challenge

The second annual Global Hackerspace Cupcake Challenge will take place this coming weekend. The goal? To send cupcakes to other hackerspaces and have them arrive in pristine condition. Here are the r...

1 day ago

NEWS FROM THE FUTURE – Biological Computers Encrypt and Decipher Images

NEWS FROM THE FUTURE – Biological Computers Encrypt and Decipher Images via Beyond the Beyond… Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute in California and the Technion–Israel Institute of Te...

1 day ago

Rotary Tumbler From Printer Parts

Spotted in the MAKE Flickr pool, this homemade jewelry tumbler from user Copper Pete, who built a custom plywood case and packed it with repurposed parts from a dead printer to create what appears to...

1 day ago

Math Monday: Truchet Tiles

By George Hart for the Museum of Mathematics Here is a set of laser-cut Truchet tiles with circular arcs, designed to be rearranged in a frame. The top layer parts with the quarter-circle arcs are gl...

1 day ago

The Convenient Typer Does One Thing Very Well

The Convenient Typer is a hacked typewriter that uses 3d printed mechanisms to type a single phrase: “It is as it is.” Created by artist Max Lupo, this self-referential machine uses moder...

1 day ago

How-To: Dye Your MacBook

This guy dyed the major case parts of his factory-white MacBook bright orange using Rit fabric dye (and swapped out some other bits with a factory-black model) to create this cool custom color scheme...

1 day ago

In the Maker Shed: 54 Piece Bit Driver Kit

I hate security screws with a passion. When I become president I’m going to push to make them illegal. But in the meantime, what happens if you come across some that need to be dealt with? You ...

1 day ago

Arduino-Powered Robot Balances on a Ball

We are Jeroen Waning, Brian Kosoris, Bahati Gitego, and Yuriy Psarev, and this is our senior design project here at Southern Polytechnic State University… (A) Ball-Bot is a robot (fully autonomous) t...

1 day ago

Adorable Mini Printer Has All-Printable Frame

Spotted in the MAKE Flickr Pool, John Biehler’s excellent photo of a tiny prototype fused-filament 3D printer designed and built by Fraser Valley RepRap User Group member “Brad,” ak...

1 day ago

Build a Secret Doorway on a Budget

With very little carpentry experience and less than $200, YouTube user luvguns61 created this secret door and safe room in his condo. The door is disguised as a recessed shelf and rolls on the floor ...

1 day ago

Laser-cut iPad Stand

What happens to all those mobile device accessories once the device they accessorized have become landfill? That’s what the folks at Berlin’s weltunit were thinking when they made these l...

2 days ago

MAKE Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup

This week in the MAKE Flickr pool we saw… Hexapod Sunset from Dunehaven. Rockets in February! from Erik Charlton. microsequin (pink) from J.Morganized. 1/5 of illuminated GLOBE sign from Mr Shi...

2 days ago

LED Scroller Counts Down to Maker Faire

As you may have noticed, the Call for Makers for Maker Faire Bay Area 2012 is now open, something we’re very excited about around these parts. Garrett Mace is also looking forward to Maker Fair...

2 days ago

Making More Makers (and Why It Matters)

In the lead-up to tomorrow’s Dale Dougherty/MAKE segment on “The Next List” (Sunday, 2pm EST), CNN has posted an article by Dale entitled How to Make More ‘Makers’ ̵...

3 days ago

DIY Hardware-Based Freelance Time Tracker

Our friend Raphael Abrams from NYC Resistor needs to track the hours he works as a freelancer but none of the solutions out there work very well for him. He therefore decided to make his own hardware...

3 days ago

Apertus, an Open Source Cinema Camera

The use of traditional motion picture film cameras is likely on the way out as high quality digital video cameras become better and more affordable. A group of developers is capitalizing on this with...

3 days ago

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