Month: July 2010

Electromagnetic geospacial globe

Electromagnetic geospacial globe

Geek Dad John Knight built this “Electromagnetic Geospacial Globe and Remote View with Obligatory Goggles” with RFID tags and reader (Touchatag) to remote-control Google Earth on a steampunk’d tablet computer. Oh, and the goggles? They don’t do anything special. Yet. John will be showing how he built it and talking about it this morning at […]

Saturday talks at Maker Faire Detroit

Here are some of the events scheduled for Saturday at Maker Faire Detroit at The Henry Ford in Dearborn, MI. Saturday’s hours are 9:30 am to 8pm. For a complete schedule and links for more information, see the full event schedule. ANDERSON THEATER (IN MUSEUM) CAR TALKS – 10:30AM-12:00PM • Moving Toward a New Era […]

We Can Do It! At Can Do Camp Detroit

To get things started for Maker Faire Detroit, we gathered in Shed 3 at Eastern Market for an impromptu conference, calling all makers, crafters, thinkers, etc. From learning what business opportunities there are for the up-and-coming maker, to an all-local lunch from Detroit Evolution and meeting Lee Zlotoff, the creator of “MacGyver,” (!!!!!!!), it was […]