Dale Dougherty tweeted this pic of a giant cardboard robo-naut bounding around at the Open MAKE/Young Makers Program at the Exploratorium today. This month’s theme was, you guessed it, cardboard. Next month is metal/wire. The Open MAKE event is held the third Saturday of every month. The next one is March 19, 2011, 10am-2pm. More […]
Ten minutes of mechanical goodness! [Via Tinkernology]
Looking for a new craft project to keep you busy during President’s Day weekend? Head on over to the Futuregirl site to participate in the Hex Tote Crochet-Along. It’s the perfect spring tote! The first video is posted up to help you create the first three rows of a hex motif. Also, check out her […]
While many think of Arduino as strictly for hobbyists, its ease of use makes it a great tool for prototyping products for the mass market. The designers of the Fitbit, a device for tracking your level of activity throughout the day, wrote to the Arduino team to tell them that they’ve been doing just that: […]
The Adventures of Tintin, a Belgian comic strip that was published from 1929 until 1976, follows the story of Tintin, a Belgian reporter, and his fox terrier, Snowy (‘Milou’ in French). It is hugely popular. The Dalai Lama even awarded the main character, Tintin, with a Light of Truth award! I think this painted Tintin […]
This monthโs Open MAKE/Young Makers program is tomorrow, Saturday, Feb 19, at the Exploratorium in San Francisco. The theme is cardboard. Featured makers will be interviewed by MAKE’s Dale Dougherty in the McBean Theater between 1 and 2pm. Makers this month: The Cardboard Institute of Technology has been building a large installation in the Tinkering […]
Big week for “user innovation” stories… When Hackers Become Makers @ Inc… John Gerzema writes – Lost in the iPad hype is the news that Microsoft has sold the rather stunning figure of eight million Kinects in the sixty days since it hit the market. In fact, more Kinects were sold in the fourth quarter […]
