Feb 28th, 2009
Blogsnapper at 10:02 pm 
Starting at $320, these Blown Ups light bulbs are a little out of my price range, but very interesting. Are there any glass blowers out there who’ve made their own light bulbs? Via Cool Hunting.
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Feb 28th, 2009
Blogsnapper at 10:02 pm About a month ago, we publicly announced details about the upcoming Make: Day at the Science Museum of Minnesota for the first time. One astute reader to our site, upon noticing the date of our event, left the following comment:
3.14
Make: Day is celebrated on Nat’l Pi Day! Totally appropriate!
But what is Pi Day? Why is it a cause for celebration?
Pi Day is the date most closely representing the numerical value of Pi on the Gregorian calendar. Pi/π/3.1415926535…, as I’m sure many in the Make community know, is a mathematical constant, and the value of the ratio of any (and all) circle’s circumference to its diameter. But even for those mathematically disinclined, circles aren’t exactly what one would call an intimidating scientific (or psychological) concept. From here, our friends at Wikipedia help fill in the gaps:
Probably because of the simplicity of its definition, the concept of pi and, especially its decimal expression, have become entrenched in popular culture to a degree far greater than almost any other mathematical construct. It is, perhaps, the most common ground between mathematicians and non-mathematicians.
So while Pi Day is often billed as a holiday for nerds, we say it’s a holiday for everyone! We invite you to come to the Science Museum of Minnesota this Pi Day and celebrate with us, John Park, Geek Squad Agents, and a long list of inventive local Makers from 10:00am-3:00pm this March 14th. That’ll leave you plenty of time to make “pi” foods, write a pi-ku, or do whatever you need to do to make your Pi Day complete.
Thanks to the good folks at Delft University of Technology for baking, photographing, and public domain’ing the delicious-looking Pi Day creation pictured above.
More info on Make: Day at www.smm.org/makeday
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Feb 28th, 2009
Blogsnapper at 09:02 pm 
Lenore at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories writes:
Klein bottles are an entertaining mathematical idea–a shape with no volume. A Klein bottle is basically a tube where the inside is connected to the outside. Making a Klein bottle in our 3D world requires a bit of cheating to work, by adding a hole in one of the walls of the tube to provide a place for an intersection.
The most common physical realization is a glass Klein bottle, which you can ogle and buy at Acme Klein Bottles. They also sell wonderful knit Klein bottle hats which can be bought with a matching mobius strip scarf. I was lucky enough to be given a set as a gift, and it is cozy and bright and wonderful. My only complaint is that the narrow neck of the Klein bottle makes it hard to pull it inside out (or right side out, since it is the same thing) to play with it.
I have found that the concept of a mobius strip is more understandable when you can hold it in your hands and turn it around and around, and I thought the same would be true with a Klein bottle, if only it were a little more flexible than my hat. With that in mind, here’s how to make a simple fabric Klein bottle you can play with from two sleeves of a worn out shirt.
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Feb 28th, 2009
Blogsnapper at 09:02 pm 
Make a versatile and rugged personal flight recorder that will record the g-forces during any type of ride or trip. Check out the details for the Personal Flight Recorder that John Park builds in the Maker Workshop, and don’t forget to download the Personal Flight Recorder software for the Arduino.
Give this build a shot, and let us know how it turned out. We’d love to hear your feedback or see your pictures! Email us at maketelevision@makezine.com.
Watch the Maker Workshop - Personal Flight Recorder segment.
Or check it out on Vimeo, Blip, or YouTube.
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Feb 28th, 2009
Blogsnapper at 09:02 pm
Dave Peterson sent in this cool Macro Adapter that he built for his Olympus FE-310. It is a wonderful combination of used and disposable parts, you would never guess what it was made from by judging the results alone!
"Took the objective lens out of a pair of MultiTech Survivor DCF 8×22 binoculars, cut out the […]
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Feb 28th, 2009
Blogsnapper at 09:02 pm 
Barney made an RSS Reader using an AVR mega8 via Hackaday. He writes -
I spent part of an afternoon developing a hardware RSS reader (most of my time was spent on the python side of things). It’s pretty simple and uses an AVR microcontroller connected to a computer via a serial cable. I am using the Dragon Rider 500 as a development board. This provides all of the hardware you need (assuming you have all of the add-on kits). That being said you certainly can do this with your own hardware setup
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Feb 28th, 2009
Blogsnapper at 09:02 pm 
Make a custom pillow case in just 15-20 minutes with this easy envelope pillow tutorial by Jackie of Tiny Decor.
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Feb 28th, 2009
Blogsnapper at 09:02 pm 
Megan made this hanging book display for her daughter’s room and entered it as part of Apartment Therapy’s DIY small project contest. What a great way to decorate a wall space with something functional. I also love the Amy Butler fabric she used.
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Feb 28th, 2009
Blogsnapper at 09:02 pm What’s this all about? Tune in to G4TV’s Attack of the Show! today at 7pm EST to find out. (Unless you’re scared of clowns.)
I’ll be taking host Olivia Munn on a tour through some fantastic kits created by Makers, including Twitchie, Thingamakit, and the Tweet-a-watt. If time allows I’ll also give a sneek peek of the Wii Nunchuck/Arduino Flight Recorder from the next episode of Make: television.
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Feb 28th, 2009
Blogsnapper at 09:02 pm 
Adam’s tutorial on Two Lightsaber Props.Make sure you watch the other parts of this special
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