In this episode of Tiny Yellow House, Deek shows you how to turn a cheap piece of plastic dishware into a stained glass window. It’s a simple way to add light, while maintaining a modicum of privacy. He teaches you everything you need to know to add one to the shanty of your choice. Subscribe […]

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This video is a vey basic introduction to the Arduino. So if you have a friend or relative who has been asking "what’s an Arduino?" You can point them here. They'll get an overview of what it is and what's possible with it.

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This episode of Tiny Yellow House is filled with so much more than just a murphy bed made from garage door parts. It’s actually filled with as many features as Hal’s tiny guest house. Deek showcases the storage, the sneaky bathtub, the kitchen, and of course the garage door murphy bed. Any small home afficianado […]

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Our maker this week is Matthew Borgatti. Matthew makes so many things it's hard to even begin to describe what he does: musical instruments, jewelry, folded paper creations, passports to hackerspaces, and on and on. This was a really great interview, and I'm sure you are going to enjoy it.

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In this episode of Make:cast, Make: books editor, Patrick DiJusto talks 3D Printing with the authors of Getting Started with 3D Printing, Second Edition, Liza Wallach Kloski and Nick Kloski. Liza and Nick run HoneyPoint3D, which started in 2012 as a small 3D printing shop in Northern California. Explaining 3D printing to many people was […]

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Mark Zalme had an idea how to organize everything in clear jars that could be mounted on pegboard in his garage in Asheville, North Carolina. Over 3-4 years, he developed this idea into a product called WallWerx, a workspace organizing system.

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A new book out April 20 looks at the learning science that Fred Rogers used to develop an understanding of the “inner needs of children” and then construct Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood to reflect those needs. The book is called “When You Wonder, You’re Learning” and its authors, Gregg Behr and Ryan Rydzewski who are with […]

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As part of a $50 million grant to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in 2017, the Maker Library & Innovative Learning Complex of the Future is under construction on campus. The new $17.5 million building will house a makerspace open to all students. Austin McChord is the RIT donor and I talk to him in this episode of Make:cast.

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In this conversation with Helen Leigh, we talk about technology from reel-to-reel tape recorders to synthesizers and to making electronic music with Makey-Makey and the Bela board. Helen is an advocate for people learning how to make their own instruments, to experiment with music and be makers of your own kind of music.

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For those of you who haven’t yet played around with Raspberry Pi, this one’s for you. In this how-to video, I walk you through how to get a Raspberry Pi up and running. It’s the first in a series of Raspberry Pi videos that I’m making to accompany Getting Started with Raspberry Pi, a book […]

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