MAKE: Makers Newsletter

Tuesday December 20, 2016

Watch How Delicious Candy Canes Are Made by Hand   Are you into the traditional cane shape or do you prefer sticks? Peppermint or fruity? Either way, here are eight (!) different videos of how to make these special Christmas treats.

READ MORE           Sponsored by:             Building a Sci-Fi Octopus for '80s-Style Practical Effects   In a throwback to '80s cyberpunk, Attack of the Cyber Octopuses features cool 3D-printed practical effects. Check out how they did it!       Read More           The Ancient Pixels of Banna'i Brickwork   Long before the first digital pixel, Middle Eastern architects and builders used bricks and tiles to create pixelated patterns on structures. The technique, which is still in use today, is known as banna'i. Goli Mohammadi reports as part of our special "Heirloom Tech" series focusing on the beautiful math of ancient Iranian design.       Read More           Understanding Battery Basics   Get the 411 on the basics of battery tech with the latest Collin's Lab episode. Check out the various battery form factors, basic battery specs, chemical formulations, and the strengths and weaknesses of the various battery types.       Read More           Maker Spotlight: Scotland Symons   Scotland Symons is a prolific maker with her hand in a wide variety of projects. Her tip: failure is always an option.       Read More           Fun with Christmas Lights   Here are a number of fun projects we've featured over the years to help inspire some of your own ideas for making strings of lights, augmenting your lights with crafty projects, and keeping your lights on.       Read More           More from Make:   Give the gift of six monthly kits that teach electronics, engineering, and coding principles. Each kit is designed and tested to be kid-and-family-friendly, and includes everything you need to build a new project each month.   NexD1 printer brings polyjet-style 3D printing and conductive resins to consumers.   This excerpt from Charles Platt's new book, Make: Tools, takes a brief look at various types of handsaws, saw styles, how they cut, and basic power vs. handsaw considerations.           Make: Gift Guide   Get more Make: editor and reader picks at makezine.com/giftguide.         pi-topCEED     BOSEbuild Speaker Cube   Dino Pet     Adafruit Learn-to-Solder           Upcoming Maker Faires   »  Bangkok Mini Maker Faire (Thailand): Jan 21–22, 2017 »  Perpignan Mini Maker Faire (France): Jan 27–28, 2017 »  Caguas Mini Maker Faire (Puerto Rico): Jan 28, 2017 »  Maker Faire Kuwait (Mushrif, Kuwait): Feb 9, 2017 »  Kalispell Mini Maker Faire (Montana): Feb 25, 2017   Find a Maker Faire near you on the Maker Faire map.     FIND A FAIRE         Maker Media, Inc | 1160 Battery St. East, Ste 125 | San Francisco, CA 94111   Having trouble viewing this email? View it online.