You can’t get very far in exploring the expanding realm of citizen science without bumping into the names Tito Jankowski and Eri Gentry. Tito has been involved in DIYbio, the global amateur biology org with local chapters, the Pearl Biotech Gel Box project (the open hardware gel electrophoresis system), and OpenPCR, the open-source PCR machine. […]
Help MakerBot understand what the community wants by sharing your ideas on the MakerBot Idea Torrent. Anyone can view the ideas. You’ll need to register on SourceForge to vote on ideas or to submit new ones. This will help guide research and development at MakerBot and keep track of who comes up with the best […]
The Third annual Showtime House is open now in Manhattan and CasaSugar has a slideshow of all the rooms and a fantastic Q&A with the designers. The house features cutting-edge interiors based on Showtime’s original series: Californication, Dexter, Nurse Jackie, United States of Tara, Weeds, The Big C, and The Borglas. Pictured above is the […]
Human PAC-MAN Performance by Guillaume Reymond… PAC-MAN was played by real human-beings sitting in a cinema: it’s the 5th video performance of the GAME OVER Project from the French-Swiss artist Guillaume Reymond. This stop-motion video was shot and played for the new ProHelvetia’s programme GameCulture http://www.gameculture.ch at the Trafo cinema (Baden, Switzerland) on August 28th […]
Craftster user FriendlyNeighbourPsycho (Canada) made a ring from the Xbox button on a Guitar Hero guitar. I like the idea of a functional button being turned into jewelry. I’d really like to see something made out of those delightfully simple arcade game buttons (keeping the button-pressing functionality, of course). Maybe a belt buckle.
Christy Canida shares her luscious-looking fruit tart recipe: Fruit tarts are an easy and delicious way to show off fantastic summer produce. This recipe includes a classic frangipane (almond pastry cream) filling that is the perfect complement to almost any fruit. Great served alone, or with whipped cream.
Sean @MAKE writes: Spotted in the MAKE Flickr pool, photo and build by user JustJon. It uses an Arduino + adafruit Wave Shield to play the Doctor Who theme and flash the siren light. There’s more info, plus video, at JustJon’s personal site. Related: Print And Fold Dr. Who Icons And Characters Dr. Who Soft […]
