This is such a cool idea! It’s a custom bracelet of a soundwave rendered in 3D. The bracelet is “designed” by the waveform of the message it encodes. The bracelets were originally part of the Sound Advice Project, a teen anti-drug abuse initiative, geared at getting parents to talk to their kids. The idea is […]
Introducing: The N-Prize. The what? “The N-Prize is a challenge to launch an impossibly small satellite into orbit on a ludicrously small budget, for a pitifully small cash prize.” First proposed on Halfbakery, the site for cooking up crazy ideas, the N-Prize has now become a serious endeavor. The prize, of £9,999.99 sterling cash, will […]
I caught this photo of a rocking bike, taken by Flickr user PavelM, over on Bike Hacks. It appears to be from last year’s design event in Prague called Designblok. This is so much more relevant than a rocking horse, and I’d be in my garage making one for my kids if I knew how […]
By way of Boing Boing and Treehugger comes this wonderful take on the famous British “Keep Calm and Carry On” posters from WWII and the more recent, less positive, versions such as “Now Panic and Freak Out” and “Panic and Run Away.” This is more our cup of tea. I love the crescent wrench crown. […]
The response to our survey request last week was really great! Thanks to everyone who already filled it out! The Maker Shed survey and contest will end this Sunday, March 22nd. This is your last chance to enter the drawing for 1 of 5 Maker’s Notebooks. Here is the information about the survey from last […]
Paulo Nenflidio is a visiting artist at the Arizona State University Art Museum for another two weeks, where he’s collaborating with community members on new works in the space. He makes really lovely sculptures that use sound in interesting ways. Two of my favorites of his are the Teclado SÃsmico, a spider that uses user-activated […]
Attention makers in Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph, New Hamburg, Baden, Elmira, Ayr and anywhere in between: MAKE twitter follower Michael wants to know if you’re in the area an interested in starting up a hacker space: I’m not only envisioning a shared space where geeks and artists alike would be able to work on their […]
