Part party, part mixer, part Science Fair, and part performance, Handmade music was an informal gathering for geeksters and the geek-curious to come together, relax, and discover new sounds. The evening consisted of a gathering of inventors of circuit-bent toys, custom software and patches, interactive digital & visual instruments, custom electronics, electricity-powered noisemakers, DIY robots […]
Photographer Syl Arena built this oak-framed flash rig for serious light output. The twelve Canon 580 EX II strobes are controlled by RadioPopper wireless triggers. Shooting at 1/8000 sec. in broad daylight makes for an incredible, dramatic, day-for-night photograph. The ambient sunlight barely has a chance! 1/160 exposure 1/8000 exposure On his blog, Syl says: […]
A new business, Mod Green Pod, focuses on 100% organic, American-grown cotton. They produce gorgeous printed upholstery and home furnishings fabric, wallpaper, and tote bags. If the printed designs are outside your budget, try the unprinted cotton and either use plain or silkscreen on your own designs! Try the interactive Room Creator to visualize how […]
Standalone printer hack via HaD. Good for a prank! Jeroen writes… To talk to the Laserjet, I decided on using the Centronics parallel port. I could have used the serial port too, but I remembered the parallel port protocol was easy to implement, and the Centronics-port was said to have a +5V from the printer […]
Rocketboom visits BugLabs – great video!
Here’s an interesting peek into the production process of the iconic shell chair – construction involves more than the simple design seems to indicate. [via Kitsune Noir]
Adventures in Ethics and Science blog has a nice mention of the MAKE Chemistry Gift Guide. I was marveling at the Chemistry gift guide at MAKE. It has lots of cool items for your budding chemist/mad scientist of any age looking to equip his or her basement/garage/treehouse laboratory. (It’s pretty hard to get fume-hoods installed […]
