Month: September 2008

American Maker Update

American Maker Update

This week, we’re finalizing our list of makers to appear in the American Maker program at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago on September 20th. Already, we have makers who will be showing a homebuilt submarine and a four-person bicycle, plus music and robotic projects. In addition, we’ll be featuring a performance of […]

GO-Tech, Ann Arbor meeting 9/8/08

Dale writes – The September GO-Tech meeting (Ann Arbor, MI) is Tuesday, September 9, 8 pm, at Great Oak Cohousing (directions below). The topic is Printed Circuit Boards. We’ll have presentations on going from a napkin sketch to ready-to-solder circuit board, and hopefully even see one made. Most meetings are less formal, where anyone is […]

Made in Japan – Volume 31

Made in Japan – Volume 31

This week’s Made in Japan: Mobile Camera Strap Lenses, Fukuda-Inspired ASCII Art, Recotana’s USB MIDI Controller, The “Full Color” Print Gocco, 8-Line LED Kanji News Reader, Music With Crispbread and Credit Cards, Papercraft Made Easy with Fibercraft Paper, Controlling a Nokia 5110 LCD w/ the MAKE Controller, and a Falling Dot Clock w/ the Tera […]