Chimera Arts, a new makerspace in Sebastopol, Calif., hosted one of its first public events this Saturday, the 2013 Sonoma Ant Wars. Sonoma Ant Wars is a combat robot competition. Crowds gathered to watch fleaweights, antweights, and beetlebots bash, crash, grind, and chop each other in well-organized mayhem.
Maker Faire Detroit was hopping on the second and final day of the Faire. There was so much to see and do that today’s installment of images is just shy of double the number from Day One. No matter how many images you look at there is no substitute for checking out a Faire in person. Don’t worry, there are plenty of Maker Faires big and small, so check one out!
Tumblr user manamorimoto posted this embroidered ticket stub, which was done whilst listening to the band’s music. Seems like a lovely way to memorialize a keepsake.
Fender Guitars is launching a contest to redesign their cases for the modern era.
Our friends at Betahaus have sent us info on a maker-related event they’re holding in early August.
Need some crafty inspiration? Here are some of the cool things we saw in the CRAFT Flickr Pool this week!
In a recent episode of the very popular EEVblog by Dave Jones, the electrical engineer walks through the fundamentals of the Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). He explains how FPGAs work, how they’re different from microcontrollers, and their advantages and disadvantages. Myself, I’m still learning this stuff, so rather than trying to stumble through my […]
