To quote Sean Bonner: “The value of something like this is pretty obvious.” It’s the work of pseudonymous blogger Freehand Profit of The Hip Hop Nerd, and was created to promote StarWarsRemix.com, a collaborative site involving Noah Scalin, Mica Scalin, Emma Beddows, and Scott Walker
Crafty Chica points us to this amazing button portrait of Frida Kahlo created by Ashley of Lil Blue Boo. It took eight hours to complete, used six tubes of industrial glue, and is made up of more than 2,000 buttons. The time lapse video of the piece coming together is really fun to watch.
Ed Rogers lives next to active train tracks, which leads to a lot of noise in his bedroom when a train passes and the windows are open. Like any good maker, Ed solved his problem with a homebrew automatic window closer. He attached a pair of linear actuators to the windows with 3D printed brackets. These actuators are controlled by an Arduino with an H bridge and can be activated by a button on his nightstand. Not only that, but the project also integrates a motion detection system to close the windows automatically when a train is passing.
Artist Gregory Kloehn likes to remix the world around him. His recent dumpster conversion explores what a home can be by completely gutting a standard garbage dumpster and refitting it with a modern interior complete with a toilet, water, electrical, hardwood floors, and a cooktop. He even built in a hand-crank roof that lowers in order for you to remain stealthy to the outside world.
I wonder: what do you think the differences are between the “buy a grill” and “weld a grill” people, in general? I guess more broadly I mean the difference between people who “get” making and those who don’t, regardless of their actual ability to make things.
T minus three days until our second Maker Faire New York begins, taking place this weekend, September 17 and 18 at The New York Hall of Science in Queens. We continue with our interview series, giving you a chance to sit down and chat with some of the amazing makers who will be there. Today […]
Although potentiostats are the foundation of modern electrochemical research, they have seen relatively little application in resource poor settings, such as undergraduate laboratory courses and the developing world. One reason for the low penetration of potentiostats is their cost, as even the least expensive commercially available laboratory potentiostats sell for more than one thousand dollars. […]
