If you haven’t seen the video by Baron Von PT and Brebot, don’t hesitate! Subscribe and watch in iTunes and get a PDF poster for Maker Faire that you can print out. Subscribe Link Watch the video – Link Download the Maker Faire PDF – Link Go to Maker Faire – Link
Pia van Gelder of Dorkbot Sydney writes: Dorkbot Sydney recently held a two day electronics workshop in Newcastle at a festival called Electrofringe. The workshop was designed by Aras Vaichas an engineer/artist/dorkbotter from Sydney. We posted an account of the festival including details of the two machines we all made (the Nibbler and the Brainlet). […]
Made in Switzerland by Fulguro, “ReLEAF” is a rain collector that uses folded thermo lacquered aluminum sheets that look like plant leaves to collect extra rainwater and funnel it down to your thirsty plants. These can be inserted into any plants and thus make for a nice way for the lazy gardener to keep their […]
Whether you want to amaze your friends or freak out some kids, this interesting experiment is sure to help: It is a “chemical snake” made by combining and then burning some common household chemicals. Chemical snake (Google translation) – Link. Original version – Link. Thanks to Alex.
J. Eric Townsend of Dorkbot Pittsburgh writes: Join us at brillobox (Thursday 18 October, 7:30-9:30) for this month’s dorkbot pittsburgh. Our speakers will be: – Lori Hepner: Lori is an interdisciplinary artist whose work focuses on aspects of coding through spoken and computer language in digital culture. Ambiguous visual representations of binary code are used […]
Amy Butler is having a pre-holiday sale for her handbags, pillows, and fabric journals. Just enter SALE as the promo code on checkout and get 50% off. Link.
The Maker Faire caravan passes by Jack Sparx’s (a.k.a. John Dyer’s) mad scientist’s lair to pick up a cache of high-voltage toys to truck to Austin. Ah… the techno-carny life. Jack Sparx 2K7 takes his toys to Austin! – Link
