A parade of pedal-powered maker contraptions and a reception for artists junk boats takes place this Saturday in Far Rockaway, Queens.

Posted by Nick Normal | May 16th, 2012 3:30 AM

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Clever junktech from the folks at Austin Creative Reuse, spotted at last Saturday's Austin Mini Maker Faire, where this simple machine was keeping a lot of kids engaged, for a long time, at very low cost.

Posted by Sean Ragan | May 15th, 2012 10:51 PM

Categories: Education, Green, Kids | No Comments

Kimwipes are lab-grade tissues that are indispensable for cleaning delicate parts and for light-duty workshop use.

Posted by Stuart Deutsch | May 15th, 2012 8:30 PM

Categories: Toolbox, Tools, Workshop & Tools | 6 Comments

Bunch of Amateurs by Jack Hitt hits the stands today. A contributing editor to This American Life, Hitt's book argues that the "DIY impulse" and "amateur collaborations" are rooted in "the soul of America."

Posted by Nick Normal | May 15th, 2012 4:30 PM

Categories: Authors, Books and Magazines | 196 Comments

It’s hard to ignore the popularity of pizza and animated GIFs on the internet, especially on social networking sites like Tumblr. The Pizzoetrope is a device that brings pizza, animated GIFs, and social networking together in one elegant dish. As the name suggests, The Pizzoetrope is basically a zoetrope that is created on a pizza by using the toppings [...]

Posted by Andrew Salomone | May 15th, 2012 2:30 PM

Categories: Art & Design, Uncategorized | 4 Comments

Coming is June, CRAFT, our popular go-to site for the crafting community, will be moving over to makezine.com. We've always felt as though crafting was just another type of making. As we've moved our content management deeper into WordPress, it makes sense for us to move our craft content over to the makezine.com domain and to treat it as one of the key content areas that we plan on building out as we move forward.

Posted by Gareth Branwyn | May 15th, 2012 1:31 PM

Categories: Announcements, CRAFT, Crafts | 1 Comment

This week and weekend we have more education-related events than we ever have before, and we’re delighted to invite you to all of them. This post outlines all that’s happening from Thursday through Sunday of Maker Faire week. We know teachers are already supreme makers, building smart students every day. And the best teachers we [...]

Posted by Michelle "Binka" Hlubinka | May 15th, 2012 1:30 PM

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Make: Asks is a new weekly column where we ask you, our readers, for responses to maker-related questions. We hope the column will spark interesting conversation and that we'll get to know more about each other. One time I accidentally shorted the transformer on one of my guitar amps, sending sparks flying. This was definitely an epic (and dangerous) fail for me. This week's question: What was your most epic mistake on a project you were working on? Were you able to fix it? Post your responses in the comments section.

Posted by Michael Colombo | May 15th, 2012 12:00 PM

Categories: DIY Projects, Electronics, MAKE Asks | 36 Comments

This appeals to my childish desire to add more chaos to the game of ping pong. From Make: friend Niklas Roy In Spring/Summer 2012 both guys were invited to create an installation version of Ping Pong Country in Lille’s Gare St. Sauveur. They were a bit tired of doing the same thing for such a [...]

Posted by John Edgar Park | May 15th, 2012 11:30 AM

Categories: Art, Gaming | 1 Comment

How do electronics ninjas DangPro get ready for Bay Area Maker Faire? Watch and find out!

Posted by John Baichtal | May 15th, 2012 11:00 AM

Categories: Electronics, Maker Faire | No Comments