Vendor Applications Open for Handmade Arcade in Pittsburgh
Attention PA makers: Vendor applicationsare now live for the 2013 Handmade Arcade in Pittsburgh!
Month: August 2013
Haunted Mansion Wedding
Haunted house enthusiasts Jason and Melissa had a fantastically ghoulish Haunted Mansion-themed wedding at a cemetery chapel featuring elaborate props and Haunted Mansion-style wallpaper!
$10 Robot Challenge: Can you do It?
The AFRON Ultra Affordable Robotics Challenge is underway. What could you make for less than $10?
BPOW Festival Celebrates the Art of Salvaged Sound
The BPOW festival in Portland, organized by Molecule Synth’s Travis Feldman, celebrates circuit bending and electronic music.
12 Surprising Details About Lego Mindstorms EV3
Yesterday I unboxed the new Lego Mindstorms EV3 set, and even before powering on the microcontroller brick, I’d noticed a number of interesting changes, both great and unfortunate, as compared with the previous set, called Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0.
Meet Detroit Maker Carlos Neilbock
If you went to Maker Faire Detroit or looked at pictures of almost anyone who attended, then you have glimpsed Carlos Neilbockโs work. His first piece was prominently installed and towering โ a large windmill made from discarded items including a collection of repurposed satellite dishes, a truck axle with a bright glinting rim, salvaged […]
Build a Hackable Bytebeat Player at the RI Mini Maker Faire
The Rhode Island Mini Maker Faire is this Saturday, featuring dozens of makers alongside the usual music and shenanigans of AS220’s annual Foo Fest. Each year we run a soldering workshop as part of the Faire; this year we’ll be making a hackable bytebeat player from Modern Device, the Byteseeker Junior. The Byteseeker is an […]
