[Photo from Bouyant Safety Paddle] Joe caught the kayak bug, but didn’t want to pay to have one shipped to his home in Hawaii, so he made one. In the summer of 2005, I bought a dealer demo Perception Sonoma 13.5 and a used Honda Element. I bought the kayak thru Ebay from Adventure Sports, […]
On this episode of Gomi Style, they build a low-cost telepresence robot. There are some “problems” with this video. It’s not an “autonomous” robot if *you* control it and the show is called Gomi Style, and they say the robot is made of junk they have lying around, but then, it’s made with the Vex […]
Here’s a neat opportunity for you music makers out there, the Guthman Musical Instrument Competition by Georgia Tech, Wired, and Harmonix (the makers of Rock Band): INSTRUMENTS Any new musical instrument is eligible for the competition. Instruments may generate sound acoustically or electronically, they may exist in physical or virtual manifestations, and they may be […]
For those of you in Oregon, here’s a dork-tastic event on December 7th: DorkbotPDX brings you Collin Oldham, Shelly Farnham and Steve Davee Come join us for an evening of geek meets art. The fine folks at AboutUs will be hosting us for this event, which takes place December 7th at 6PM. AboutUs is located […]
Handmade Detroit’s Lish Dorset on Fox 2 Detroit from Dan Nixon on Vimeo. Handmade Detroit’s Lish Dorset appeared on the Fox 2 News morning show recently to show off some green crafting ideas. Apparently, this was filmed on the morning of the Detroit Urban Craft Fair (which CRAFT proudly sponsors). Now that’s a busy day! […]
Dorkbot-sea December meeting is coming up: Haven’t you always wanted to take all those noisy, furry, half-broken toys in your closet, tear them apart and put them together as something just a little bit evil? Well, now’s your chance! Dorkbot and Santarchy are combining forces to host an evil toys workshop. If you bring electric […]
Chinese artist Ju Duoqi has recreated Western masterpieces in vegetables to amazing effect. “In the summer of 2006, I bought a few kilograms of peas, and sat there quietly for two days peeling them, before stringing them on a wire and turning them into a skirt, a top, a headdress and a magic wand. I […]
