Month: November 2013

Carpet That Looks like a Mossy Meadow

Carpet That Looks like a Mossy Meadow

By Andrew Salomone

Andrew Salomone

Artist, writer, and teacher who makes work about popular culture, technology, and traditional craft processes. http://www.andrewsalomone.com

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Who needs to schlep out into the wilderness just to see a little natural beauty? Fiber artist Alexandra Kehayoglou incorporates the serenity of the outdoors into traditional home decor with these subtly collaged wool carpets that look like mossy meadow lands.

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How-To: Thanksgiving Doily Bunting

How-To: Thanksgiving Doily Bunting

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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Looking for a great project to keep the kids’ table busy before dinner? This DIY Thanksgiving doily bunting just might do the trick!

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UAVs Deployed in Counter Poaching Missions

UAVs Deployed in Counter Poaching Missions

By Justin Leto

Justin Leto

Justin is the Founder and first CFO of Nova Labs, a nonprofit makerspace and community innovation lab located in Reston, VA. He can be reached at leto.justin [at] gmail [dot] com and on twitter @letojj.

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Our fact finding mission and demo of Aurora Flight Sciences’ small UAV turned operational. After officials saw the potential for a tactically deployed UAV, we were quickly embedded with rangers to support live counter poaching missions.

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Holiday Gift Guide 2013: The Kano Christmas Special

Holiday Gift Guide 2013: The Kano Christmas Special

By Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan is a scientist, author, hacker and tinkerer, who is spending a lot of his time thinking about the Internet of Things. In the past he has mesh networked the Moscone Center, caused a U.S. Senate hearing, and contributed to the detection of what was—at the time—the most distant object yet discovered.

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Remember the Kano Kit we featured a last week? This week they’re doing a Christmas special.

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