We’re here at the World Fair Grounds in Queens, NY for the Open Hardware Summit (which’ll segue nicely into the World Maker Faire). Dale was at Limor’s opening talk this morning and posted a piece on his personal blog from his phone. I think his notes on what she said sum up a part of […]
The latest pattern from Whit’s Knits over on The Purl Bee is this lovely mobius cowl scarf. If you ever went to school, you probably at some point were asked to cut a strip of paper, to twist it and to tape the ends together. You were told, “This, class, is a Mobius Strip.” I […]
Porcelain Pistol by Yvonne Lee Schultz: The Porcelain Pistols are replicas of James Bond’s Walther PPK and its contemporary sister, the P99,with friendly permission of Carl Walther Inc.The fragile weapon, hand-painted in the style of classic tableware motifs, liesnext to your coffee and cake, asking to be picked up. Its coolness andcomfortable grip increase the […]
We’re live streaming the Open Hardware Summit at the New York Hall of Science right now on Ustream! We’ll take your questions to relay to panelists in the chat. Use Twitter hashtag #openhwsummit, too.
Australian maker Doug Jackson (he of the networkable watering system controller) built this cool-looking analog stylophone. Want to make your own? Download the schematic and PCB files (.zip) and peruse the Instructable.
The Hipstamatic iPhone app quickly became a favorite of mine over the summer. I found that I was using the app to take pictures more than my regular iPhone camera. The only frustration, though, was that I had a hard time keeping up with what settings I liked to use. Between all the flash, film, […]
Great article! Open Hardware: What’s It All About? @ Linux.com…. Open source, open licensing, free redistribution, collaborative, and community-based development – many hands make light work. They’ve done wonders for Linux, but can these concepts apply to hardware as well as software? As reported on Linux.com in 2007, the inspiration for open hardware has been […]
