Month: May 2013

Maker Pro “Master Class” With Bunnie Huang

Maker Pro “Master Class” With Bunnie Huang

This month’s Hardware Innovation Workshop (May 14-15) offers an impressive line-up of speakers, presentations, workshops, and product demos all aimed at showcasing innovation and the maker ecosystem–fundraising, strategic partners, technology, and manufacturing options. If you’re involved in the business of making, the Hardware Innovation Workshop is a one-of-a kind event. But if you can’t make it to both days, there’s a special a la carte option featuring Bunny Huang.

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Tardigrade (Little Water Bear) Amigurumi

Tardigrade (Little Water Bear) Amigurumi

Tardigrades are tough little creatures. The tardigrade was originally named “kleiner wasserbär,” which means “little water bear” in German. They are tiny (~ 1 millimeter long), eight-legged animals that live in the water and can survive extreme heat, cold, and — get this — they can go without food or water for nearly 120 years! Pay tribute to the mighty tardigrade by crocheting an amigurumi tardigrade.

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Ruggedized Rainbow Box

Ruggedized Rainbow Box

Nick Poole, a technologist for SparkFun Electronics, built this beautiful Arduino-powered rainbow box: Recently, I had the opportunity to see Phil Lapsley talk about his book “Exploding the Phone,” a history of phone phreaking. When I found out that he was coming to give the talk, I was reminded of a project that I had […]

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