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Introducing Make: television

Presenting a new national series from MAKE magazine, Twin Cities Public Television, and American Public Television.

Make: is the DIY series for a new generation! It celebrates "Makers" - the inventors, artists, geeks and just plain everyday folks who mix new and old technology to create new-fangled marvels. Check out the Episode Guide to watch segments and read descriptions of previous episodes.

MAKE: television Episode 1: Bicycle Rodeo & VCR Powered Cat Feeder

For those of you who like to see the whole episodes of Make: television, here's a chance to see episode 1 in all it's glory. Meet Cyclecide, an inventive band of performance artists who build outrageous bicycle contraptions straight... Read More

MAKE: television Episode 2: Aerial Kite Photography & Burrito Blaster

Make: television Episode 2: Maker Cris Benton takes spectacular aerial photographs by rigging remote-controlled cameras to high flying kites. In the Maker Workshop John Park builds a Burrito Blaster, which can propel a burrito 50 yards, and Mister Jalopy... Read More

MAKE: television Episode 3: Steampunk & Pole Camera

Enter the alternative universe of Jake Von Slatt, a leading Steampunk Maker, who turns modern technology into Victorian works of art. In the Maker Workshop, John Park mounts a remote control camera on a painter's pole to take stunning... Read More

Make: television Episode 4: Fire Sculpture & DTV Antenna

Meet the Flaming Lotus Girls, a women-centric maker collaborative that creates gargantuan, fire-breathing sculptures. In the Workshop, John Park builds a digital TV antenna from wire coat hangers and a $10 video camera stabilizer. William Gurstelle shows surprising uses... Read More

MAKE: television Episode 5: Kinetic Wave Sculptures & Shopping Cart Chair

Tour the elegant and hypnotic motorized wave sculptures, created by visionary maker Reuben Margolin. In the Maker Workshop John Park upcycles a discarded shopping cart into a stylish easy chair, and Mister Jalopy details the unsung wonders of his... Read More

MAKE: television Episode 6: Music Machines & Trebuchet

Enter the plugged-in world of Tim Kaiser, a maker who fashions experimental musical instruments from scavenged objects. In the Workshop John Park assembles a portable trebuchet from plastic plumbing pipe, and circuit bender Bianca Pettis demystifies the art of... Read More

MAKE: television Episode 7: Urban Projections & Wind Generator

Bike along with Ali Momeni and his fleet of mobile video projectors that transform public spaces into massive sound and light shows. In the Workshop, John Park combines a used treadmill motor and PVC pipe to build a wind... Read More

MAKE: television Episode 8: Watershed Sculptures & Miniature Robots

We journey upstream with environmentalist Dan McCormick, a maker who crafts intricate watershed sculptures out of woven willow. In the Workshop, John Park shows how to build lively and inexpensive miniature robots. Mister Jalopy reveals the hidden treasures of... Read More

Make: television Episode 9: Computer Making Music & Personal Flight Recorder

Meet CCRMA, a group of musical makers who stretch the sonic boundaries by turning personal computers into an electronic symphony. In the Workshop, John Park hacks a Wii controller and turns it into a personal flight recorder that can... Read More

MAKE: television Episode 10: Wearable Technology & Cigar Box Guitar

Visit SparkLab founder and designer Syuzi Pakhchyan, a maker who explores the new frontier of high tech and fashion with her space age handiwork. In the Workshop, John Park shows us how to build a guitar out of a... Read More

Make: Online

with the editors and authors of MAKE Friday July 30, 2010

Simple Bots: Barreller

I love miniball bots and other types of ballbots where the electronics and mechanics are housed inside and the vehicle "navigates" by rolling around and bouncing off of stuff. Here's the same basic idea, inside a cylinder (a clear paint can). It's the Barreller, by Randy Sarafan.

The way the continuous rotation servo is used and the use of the paintbrush handles as the "eccentric" weight are innovative. This is just one step up from a basic vibrobot, in terms of build complexity. And like a vibrobot, this would be a fun project to do with kids. It's just complicated enough for them to feel like they've really accomplished something, while being quick enough to maintain their attention.

Simple Bots: Barreller

Posted by Gareth Branwyn | 9:15 PM in Kids, Robotics | | Discuss (0)

LED Wall looks cool, is large

MAKE subscriber Hans writes in to tell us about the gigantic LED Wall project by Kenny, Cat, Sevan, Jeff, Ginger, and Norm of elnormo.net. Read More

Competitive lockpicking growing in US popularity

Competitive lockpicking growing in US popularity @ Boston.com. Based on what I've seen it's true, more people want to learn how to pick locks just for fun and more events have lock picking sessions and workshops - While lockpickers... Read More

London Hackspace spacewarming party

Good news for London makers/hackers- the London Hackspace just relocated to a newer, bigger venue, and is having a spacewarming party to celebrate the move! Read More

Detroit is the freedom to make things... by Bethany Shorb

I moved to Detroit eleven years ago, in what I thought was a short stay exclusively to attend graduate school. After witnessing the potential to work, educate, and maintain a studio practice here, I never used my ticket home... Read More

Insane 40K computer casemod

Emperor be praised! Holy Machine God! Priests of Mars, eat your steam-powered hearts out! Via Kotaku (by way of DudeCraft) comes this unreal Warhammer 40,000 Dreadnought casemod -- yes, there's a PC in there somewhere. I love the way... Read More

Industrial Sound Controllers

Tristan Shone rolled out the 'big guns' for Maker Faire Bay Area 2010. His Industrial Sound Controllers are a musical force to be reckoned with and their sheer size and weight demand considerable attention upon seeing them firsthand. Tristan... Read More

The unfinished dagger

During the Second World War, Mr. Warther put aside his personal projects to make commando-style fighting knives for American servicemen. He was not a government contractor and therefore had to scrounge for materials; even so, with the help of the community, he was able to deliver more than 1,100 knives. He was a pacifist, but wanted American servicemen to have access to the best equipment. He was working on the knife pictured above when, in 1945, news reached him that the war had ended. He put the knife down, unfinished, and never picked it up again. The Warther family treasures it to this day. Read More

Reading a PC fan speed with Arduino

Flick user Arms22 built this 7 Segment LED FAN Revolution Display to monitor the speed of a PC case fan. Read More

The power of museums and libraries by Marsha L. Semmel

Detroit is my hometown. I grew up here during the 50s and 60s, lived in a neat and homogeneous white, largely Jewish, neighborhood in Northwest Detroit, and walked to the tiny Arthur H. Vandenberg Elementary School every day from... Read More

The Pfiercestruder, a DIY Makerbot frostruder

Thingiverse user Chooch decided to print his own frostruder rather than pay $150 for Makerbot's official kit. Called the Pfiercestruder, Chooch's variant looks kinda badass!... Read More

Tarp Surfing

Behold, the primo barrel waves of tarp surfing. Ruse Entertainment shows us how it's done. It's the little touches like the rash guard and dog tow-in that made me laugh extra hard!... Read More

Hackerspace build-off at theTransistor

Live in or near Provo, UT, and want to test your project skills in an online competition? Read More

Clever overhead garage storage hack

Great storage idea from user tluwelyn of survivalist community Alpha Disaster Contingencies. Dimensional lumber is bolted together to make Ts and Ls that, in turn, are bolted to the ceiling joists. Heavy-duty storage totes are then slid in and... Read More