Learn about the Team Bobcat Ford Fiesta caravan… Team Bobcat and the Ford Fiesta caravan arrived at Maker Faire on Friday, concluding their long trek from Michigan to California. Since their class began only a few months ago, the team designed, developed, and field-tested a project of their own invention that took them on a […]
German artist Evol decorates electrical boxes and planters with adhesive paper that he’s stenciled to look like miniature concrete tenements. When there are a whole bunch of these in one area it looks like a mini city! The project is called Plattenbauten, which means “prefab” in German. [via doorknob]
Before Maker Faire switched into high gear, earlier this week, MAKE editor and Maker Faire founder Dale Dougherty sat down with K. Venkatesh Prasad, Technical Leader, Infotronics team in Ford Research & Advanced Engineering, to talk about Ford’s American Journey 2.0 project and the networked and open platform car of the future. American Journey 2.0
I got a chance to take a quick shopping break this afternoon and I headed straight to Bazaar Bizaare. Here’s Nicole Vasbinder of Vinyl Frontier and Queen Puff Puff. Look for her sewing tutorials coming up this month on CRAFT! I picked up a cute vintage style intital + locket necklace from the ladies at […]
We posted about Cathe Holden’s brilliant tutorial for creating a book cover for your dull planner from a cool vintage book last month, so we were thrilled when we found out she could join us here at Maker Faire to demonstrate the project at the CRAFT stage. She’s also doing a giveaway on her blog […]
Designed by San Diego artist Christopher Schaie and milled on his ShopBot CNC robot to be installed, with a glass dome on one side, to serve as the peephole in a nautical-themed door he is creating for his studio. Details, including DXF files, in this thread on the ShopBot forum.
Rachel, Lish and I are holding down the fort at the CRAFT booth. Come by and say hi to us! Here Rachel and Lish do a cute glasses switch-a-roo. (Yes we’re having a blast being dorky here.) Check out the full list of demos happening in the CRAFT booth this weekend!
