MAKE: CAST
A podcast from Make: founder, Dale Dougherty
exploring ideas, tools and people behind the maker movement.
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We explore the art of electrons and twisted wires from freestanding circuits to fire tech. Join our three guest nerds and hosts from Make: and Hackster.io for a virtual soirée filled with beautiful, boundary-pushing technology. Learn More.
Finding a gift can sometimes be a little stressful, but we’re here to help! The members of the Make: staff has collected some of our favorite tools and toys that we’ve each loved using over the course of this year. Learn More.
Join the Editorial team of #Make: and guests from the pages of Volume 83 as we look at how #scarcity is affecting the industry and impacting new and stalwart #boards alike. We’ll also be looking at our annual Make: Guide to Boards. Learn More.
Stories
- Expect to be Destroyed
Expect to be DestroyedMy first experience with combat robotics ended exactly as I expected: in complete destruction. It was 2016. A friend of mine, Leanne Cushing, competes on BattleBots, and she suggested I join her for a combat robotics competition in Massachusetts. Not knowing much of anything about robots in general, or combat robots specifically, I built two bots […] - Know Your Combat Robots! A Field Guide to Competition Weight Classes and WeaponsKnow Your Combat Robots! A Field Guide to Competition Weight Classes and WeaponsThe combat robotics community spreads across the entire world, with major competitions happening on almost every continent. Combat robots are divided into different weight classes based on the robot’s overall weight, and within those classes an amazing number of weapon types are possible. In this guide we’ll introduce you to all of the most important […]
- Jason Pohl: From Designing Video Games to Orange County Choppers and BeyondJason Pohl: From Designing Video Games to Orange County Choppers and BeyondJason Pohl calls himself a “pretengineer” because he’s self-taught. Trained as artist, his design work has taken him from creating video games to actually designing and fabricating parts for Orange County Choppers. He moved into CAD design and working with CNC machines, creating custom parts for motorcycles in-house. Jason has boundless energy and enthusiasm as […]
- MicroPython Comes To Arduino… ExperimentallyMicroPython Comes To Arduino… ExperimentallyWe’ve been keeping our eyes on MicroPython for some time now. It would seem that there is quite a draw for many users due to how incredibly easy MicroPython can be for beginners. The folks at Arduino seem to be interested in this as well. They published a blog post explaining that they’re experimenting with […]
- A Maker Family in Lockdown Helps to Engineer a Memorial Covid ArtworkA Maker Family in Lockdown Helps to Engineer a Memorial Covid ArtworkIn A Crack in the Hourglass, a media artwork by Mexican-Canadian artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, people are invited to submit a photograph and story of a loved one lost during Covid. Over a period of about 40 minutes a modified robotic plotter draws the image of the loved one using hourglass sand. Once the drawing is complete […]
- Homage to a Handmade Chip: The World’s Most Popular Integrated Circuit Turns 50Homage to a Handmade Chip: The World’s Most Popular Integrated Circuit Turns 50The most enduringly successful chip in electronics history was created by one man working in a back-alley storefront. His name was Hans Camenzind, the chip was the 555 timer, and this year marks its 50th anniversary. It has outlasted all competitors, is still being manufactured in basically the same design, and has sold billions worldwide. […]
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