The Open Hardware Summit
The 2nd annual Open Hardware Summit opened this morning. Over 350 inventors, kit makers, reprappers, and Open Culture enthusiasts gathered at the New York Hall of Science in Queens to celebrate this emerging phenomenon.
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Giant Metal Fire Breathing Dragon: Gon Kirin
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Meet Ryan Doyle, the co-creator of Gon KiRin, a 69′ fire-breathing dragon. Ryan learned to create in many mediums while working in his grandmother’s doll hospital, and took his recycled art-car-dragon to Detroit to finish it amid the artifacts of American auto manufacturing.
IR Simon Game Uses Karate Chops Instead of Button Pushes
Alan from Hacked Gadgets wrote in with the karate chop game that he and his daughter Alexis designed. My daughter Alexis and I worked on this Karate Chop project as an entry into the Avnet Dog Days Summer Contest. She had the idea to make a game to enter in the entertainment section of the […]
DIY-ing the Emmys: The Bow Tie and Pocket Square
Black tie is all about the details. So, when my husband Jeremy was nominated for an Emmy this year, he asked me to make just one thing: a custom fixed-size bow tie to go with the hand-sewn pocket square that I made for him last year.
Museum Proper: Dax Tran-Caffee
The Museum Proper is a puppet show conceived and created from start to finish by artist Dax Tran-Caffee. It’s informed by ideas from traditional storytelling and kinetic sculpture, resulting in one-off objects that both convey a narrative, but are beautiful in and of themselves. His creations amazed and entertained the crowd at Maker Faire Bay […]
Make: Live Episode 16: Makeys & World Maker Faire NY (preview video)
Join us Friday for the next episode of Make: Live, our streaming show and tell! Makers from all over the world are converging on New York City for World Maker Faire New York this weekend at The New York Hall of Science in Queens. We’ll be announcing the winners of the first annual MAKE Magazine […]
Museum Proper: Dax Tran-Caffee
The Museum Proper is a puppet show conceived and created from start to finish by artist Dax Tran-Caffee. It’s informed by ideas from traditional storytelling and kinetic sculpture, resulting in one-off objects that both convey a narrative, but are beautiful in and of themselves. His creations amazed and entertained the crowd at Maker Faire Bay […]