Arts & Design: Star Man
Inspired by Mr. and Mrs. Muju of Mujuworld, Lily Fox at deviantART whipped up this magical “Star Man” doll in a few days, without a pattern. I want one!
Year: 2011
SpaceCamp at World Maker Faire
The point of SpaceCamp is to propagate the robustness and awareness of hacker- and makerspaces. Attending spaces are curated into a shared area so space facilitators get to know each other and Faire attendees are exposed to the wide variety of spaces’ interests, personalities, and geographies.
Craft Demo Schedule: Maker Faire NYC
The Craft stage set up and waiting before the gates opened at Maker Faire New York 2010 We’ve got some great presenters on deck inside the Craft tent this weekend at Maker Faire New York, including myself, Haley, and Andrew. If you’re coming to the faire this weekend, please stop by and say hi!
David Pogue’s iPhone Brain Dump at World Maker Faire New York
This man really belongs on Broadway, but he’s coming to Queens for World Maker Faire on Saturday, and will be doing David Pogue’s iPhone Brain Dump on the Main Stage at 4pm. In this half hour, he’ll dazzle you with the coolest apps, share some undocumented tips and tricks, look back at the iPhone’s unlikely origins, and look forward to the future of mobile phones and applications.
How-To: Clear Glass Circuit Boards
Interesting homebrew process from Charles Lohr, who demonstrates it here with a multicolor-LED-controlling capacitive touch sensor that works from the reverse side of the glass, i.e. you can use it without actually touching the copper. No holes are drilled in the glass, so all components have to be SMT. Cool stuff.
Mapbag: Josh Billions (video)
Josh Billionsdemonstrates the Mapbag at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. It is a bicycle messenger bag with a ring of vibrating motors sewn into its strap, whose positions correspond to compass points. This soft circuit project uses a LilyPad Arduino in conjunction with the GPS feature in an iPhone, allowing the user to set a destination and be given constant haptic feedback through the fabric in order to stay on course. Mapbag acts as an exploratory wayfinding tool – a fun and useful alternative to a standard turn-by-turn map.
Skill Builder: Low-Fume Plastic Bag Forging
A while back I did some experimentation with stewing plastic bags in canola oil and then pressing them into solid forms. The process I followed used this method for molding a self-lubricating replacement bushing on a washing machine. While the results were certainly interesting, they had a side-effect of being impregnated in the oil, leaving grease stains in their path forever.