Month: September 2012

Thirty Minutes, People

Thirty Minutes, People

By Sean Michael Ragan

Sean Michael Ragan

I am descended from 5,000 generations of tool-using primates. Also, I went to college and stuff. I am a long-time contributor to MAKE magazine and makezine.com. My work has also appeared in ReadyMade, c't – Magazin für Computertechnik, and The Wall Street Journal.

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Backstage at the Makeys.  Hair, makeup, and costuming underway for the awards ceremony at 5:30.  From left to right, Melissa Morgan, Jeri Ellsworth, Stett Holbrook, Matt Richardson, Jessica Jade Jacob, Gareth Branwyn, Suvi Tsujimoto, Diana Eng, and Gillian BenAry’s foot.

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The View from the Summit

The View from the Summit

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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Yesterday, starting at the very hacker unfriendly hour of 8:30am and running into the mid evening, Eyebeam in Manhattan saw the movers and makers in the open source hardware space gather for their annual summit. There were lots of interesting talks, from the likes of Chris Anderson, Dale Dougherty, Bre Pettis, Ayah Bdeir, Leah Buechley, […]

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Bre Pettis @OHS: “Challenges of Open Source Consumer Products”

Bre Pettis @OHS: “Challenges of Open Source Consumer Products”

By Sean Michael Ragan

Sean Michael Ragan

I am descended from 5,000 generations of tool-using primates. Also, I went to college and stuff. I am a long-time contributor to MAKE magazine and makezine.com. My work has also appeared in ReadyMade, c't – Magazin für Computertechnik, and The Wall Street Journal.

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This is a transcription of the talk MakerBot CEO Bre Pettis gave at Thursday’s Open Hardware Summit in New York. It is based on the official recorded video stream of Session 3, which is available in its entirety here. Bre’s talk begins at about 1:20:41.

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How-To: Sweet Pea Garden Bunk Bed

How-To: Sweet Pea Garden Bunk Bed

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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This sweet pea garden bunk bed—designed and built by Jenny from Birds and Soap with construction plans and a tutorial on Ana White—completely blows my mind. I would have loved to have this bunk bed (painted in primary colors, of course) when I was a kid! This bed has been a loooong time in the […]

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Manipulating Vocals Using Arduino

Manipulating Vocals Using Arduino

By Michael Colombo

Michael Colombo

In addition to being an online editor for MAKE Magazine, Michael Colombo works in fabrication, electronics, sound design, music production and performance (Yes. All that.) In the past he has also been a childrens' educator and entertainer, and holds a Masters degree from NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program.

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Amanda Ghassaei made a vocal effects box that digitizes the human voice using the granular synthesis function on Arduino.

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How-To: Beached Whale Maternity Shirt

How-To: Beached Whale Maternity Shirt

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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This beached whale maternity shirt from Kate at See Kate Sew made me laugh out loud! Head over to her site to see how to make your own.

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