Shawn Thorsson of Petaluma, CA, built this awe-inspiring Predator costume out of upholstery foam, liquid latex, and — wait for it — duct tape. He hand-sculpted most of the features, used a LED belt buckle for the beast’s wearable computer, and formed its wrist blades out of aluminum. Excellent! It added at least six inches […]
Like most, I’ve been counting down the days until the Nobel Prizes are handed out – there will be block parties, Facebook fan pages, parades – all celebrating physics, chemistry, physiology / medicine, literature and peace. For weeks the news coverage will just be all Nobel, all the time. Some say we all get too […]
At World Maker Faire New York last weekend, one of the most popular demos at the CRAFT booth was given by Anna Hrachovec of Mochimochi Land. Her tips for knitting small toys was a big hit with the Craft crowd. Her new book, Knitting Mochimochi, is really adorable, and now one of her patterns from […]
I think this slideshow, with audio excerpts from makers at the Faire, does an excellent job of covering what’s interesting, unique, and important about Maker Faires and the maker movement in general. It was put together by Sarah Tew of CBS Interactive. CNET TV
It’s been just over a month since this year’s RI Mini Maker Faire, but only a couple weeks since we decided to do it all over again with another RI Mini Maker Faire at the BIF-6 conference in Providence, RI. Here are some videos, posts, and pictures from Mini Maker Faire RI. If you have more, please post them in the comments!
We have surely entered the age of citizen science! Take, for example, my father’s reaction thirty years ago to a family history of colon cancer. He wholly cut out red meat, began taking vitamins, and started exercising daily. Melanie Swan’s reaction to the same issue, thirty years later, goes far beyond such standard health advice. […]
Sometimes I have a cute photo I want to display around the house but don’t necessarily want to go all out and buy a frame. PetaPixel has a great display solution by showing you how to turn wooden spools into photo holders. This photo spools makes it easy for you to swap out photos whenever […]
