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Inspired by the classic spherical speaker array Instructable from user mzed, Charles Visnic created these cool wireless speakers by transplanting the guts of a pair of RocketFish speakers into some of birch bowls from Ikea, mounted rim-to-rim. It’s a very cool build, but I have to say I’m just as impressed with this clever little working tip from Charles’ write-up:
All Hands Active is a massive collaboration of makers who brought a creative free-for-all to Maker Faire Detroit. They called it Wreck Lab, and it was just that. Kids got to tear apart all sorts of junked technology to learn more about how things work. Tons of children who came by the booth donned safety […]
Here is our weekly listing of upcoming craft fairs. Please add any events you know of to our online calendar, and if you have a call for vendors you’d like listed, please . Coming Up This Weekend: Summertime in the Vineyard Arts & Craft Show & Sale Riverhead, NY Saturday, Aug. 7, 11am – 6pm […]
Here’s a great way to get rid of a bunch of old cds and give your kids an afternoon of fun at the same time. Make these CD suncatchers by Tiffany of RePlayGround. I love the addition of little jeweled rhinestones to make them extra sparkly!
Kelly at EatMakeRead writes: One of my favorite things from my trip to Michigan was visiting a few farmers markets. There are farms galore in the Southwest region of the state where I’m from, so the market was lush with everything from peaches and peppers to flowers and meat… basically it was pretty dreamy. One […]
The how-to pictures for making this mint syrup from Kelly of Make Grow Gather have my mouth watering and make me long to be able to take a big whiff of mint and lemon and sugar being mashed together. A good glug of this syrup makes everything taste like summer: add some to lemonade, cocktails, […]
Want to visit Japan and the new Tokyo hackerspace 4nchor5 la6 with a group of hackers? Hackers on a Plane is organizing an 18-day trip with a cost of only $3,133.70. In 2007, Nick Farr organized Hackers on a Plane, a trip from Def Con to CCCamp, with tours of European hackerspaces thrown in. The […]
