Year: 2009

G1 PhoneTar

G1 PhoneTar

Photo from Connors934 on Flickr Do you have a phone with a touch screen? Have you tried out some music applications and found the thing a bit awkward to hold? Last year I saw some people messing with guitar application on their phones at the Boston Fab Lab and it got me thinking. When I […]

Maker Birthdays: Guglielmo Marconi

Maker Birthdays: Guglielmo Marconi

On this day in way back in 1874 Marchese Guglielmo Marconi was born. At the beginning of the 20th century he played a pivotal role in the development of wireless communication. By incorporating and refining preexisting technologies, Marconi’s radiotelegraph sent messages over unprecedented distances. In 1902 his experimental transmissions made it all the way across […]

Prepping for Waves and Signs

Prepping for Waves and Signs

Alex and Bilal have been working on creating their part of a concert with no sound. Waves and Signs: A conference and workshop on low-frequency vibration with a performance and dance party. _ A project by Wendy Jacob with students and faculty from MIT and Gallaudet University, school for the deaf. Photo from Connors934 on […]

Doha Chebib’s Log Bowls

Doha Chebib’s Log Bowls

Calgary-based Doha Chebib’s Log Bowls combine nature’s rough surfaces with smooth, glossy depressions, lending them an almost storybook quality. The 28-year-old University of Alberta design graduate turned to co-members at Edmonton-based Loyal Loot Collective, where she’s collaborated since 2004, to help execute her idea. After hand-selecting fallen and discarded logs that include wood from local […]

Instructables Mother’s Day Contest

Instructables Mother’s Day Contest

Over at Instructables HQ: Mother’s Day is coming! To show your mom how you really care about her, make something personal, heartfelt, and original. It’ll be well worth the effort and in honor of the holiday, we’re having a Mother’s Day Contest. Sew an amazing Mother’s Day gift and win a brand new sewing machine […]