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
- 3D Printing For Accessibility At Microsoft
3D Printing For Accessibility At MicrosoftMicrosoft recently launched a whole suite of accessible input devices. They’ve really been leading the industry in designing devices specifically for greater accessibility for those that might have limb differences or movement restrictions. This set, specifically is interesting because MS is dabbling in letting users customize their stuff using 3D Printing! You can purchase the […] - AVR64DD32 Curiosity NanoAVR64DD32 Curiosity NanoThe AVR64DD32 Curiosity Nano is an evaluation board from Microchip that showcases a relatively new chip not currently found on any other microcontroller development board. Although we often think of evaluation boards as clunky affairs with limited capabilities, Microchip has made their evaluation boards maker-friendly. The board features an on-board programmer and debugger that provides […]
- A Closer Look at the Fully Animatronic Version of the Hand From Netflix’s WednesdayA Closer Look at the Fully Animatronic Version of the Hand From Netflix’s WednesdayIn Netflix’s revival of the Addams Family for Netflix, they may focus mainly on Wednesday but the rest of the crew doesn’t get completely ignored. One specific family member, a severed hand called “Thing” gets their fair share of screen time. For the show, the character is typically just someone’s hand and some movie magic. […]
- MacGyver Challenge: S.O.S.!MacGyver Challenge: S.O.S.!Think you could MacGyver your way out of a dangerous situation? Welcome to Make:’s MacGyver Challenge — solve this emergency scenario in a creative way and your solution could be featured in the next issue of Make: magazine! Written by MacGyver TV creator Lee David Zlotoff and his partner in predicaments, Rhett Allain, here’s the […]
- A Perfect Circle: An LED “supergroup” Collaborates on the Lux LavalierA Perfect Circle: An LED “supergroup” Collaborates on the Lux LavalierMad Season, Cream, Prophets of Rage, the Traveling Wilburys — what do they have in common? Perhaps it’s that you’ve never heard of them, but they are also all supergroups — successful artists teaming up to create something new and exciting. In the world of LEDs, instead of Layne Staley, Tom Morello, and Tom Petty, […]
- Design Your Own Fantastic FabricsDesign Your Own Fantastic FabricsTextile printing — the application of colored patterns to fabric — is not a new phenomenon. Woodblock-printed fabric dates back hundreds, perhaps thousands of years, and has been widely available in forms such as chintz and calico since before the Industrial Revolution. New printing techniques developed during that period, however, brought elaborately decorated fabrics to the […]
