Amanda Boxtel’s excitement is contagious. That’s because she’s been taking the recently unveiled Berkeley Bionics eLEGS exoskeleton for a walk in the park. Not the easiest thing to do if you’ve been in a wheelchair for the last 18 years.
Los Angeles hacker space Crash Space will be offering an Arduino for Programmers class series starting October 20th. Aimed at programmers, and taught by the super excellent Carlyn Maw. Here’s what she has to say about this class: I’m targeting this one to share the Arduino project with people who were are like I was […]
A new statement of principles and draft definition 0.4 is up for Open-source hardware – your feedback and participation is needed! After the Open-source Hardware summit one of the requests was for all of us to figure out an “overview” of what/why we do this. We think we have a good start based on what […]
I like the simplicity of these felted raviolis, with their pinking shear-cut edges. This crafter also has a tutorial for felted farfalle pasta (bowties). What do you do with a pile of felted pasta? Well, I think they would look great hanging from a mobile in my room.
From the Museum of Arts and Design in NYC: Dead or Alive , presented by the Museum of Arts and Design from April 27 through October 24, 2010, will showcase the work of over 30 international artists who transform organic materials and objects that were once produced by or part of living organisms-insects, feathers, bones, […]
Now that my kid’s old enough to stay awake through Halloween, I have a renewed interest in costumes and I’ve been trying to figure out what he should be (I don’t have long before it’s no longer my decision!). Cute and Easy Costumes for Kids by Emma Hardy has a ton of great ideas; while […]
A couple of weekends ago, we handed out the Make: Spectacular Failure award at the 3rd Handcar Regatta. The award went to the Delirium crew for their Geto Blaster contraption, which they raced until the wheels fell off. Today, they stopped by our offices to give us an trophy to commemorate the event. Yes, that […]
