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DMY Maker Lab in Berlin

Travis Meinolf writes in about an exciting workshop series called DMY Maker Lab, part of Open Design Berlin. Join in workshops on weaving (using Travis’ mini laser looms), bioplastic production, electronics, printmaking, and vacuum forming, just to name a few. More info at the Open Design Berlin site, and there’s also a Facebook event.

DMY Maker Lab in Berlin

Travis Meinolf writes in about an exciting workshop series called DMY Maker Lab, part of Open Design Berlin. Join in workshops on weaving (using Travis’ mini laser looms), bioplastic production, electronics, printmaking, and vacuum forming, just to name a few. More info at the Open Design Berlin site, and there’s also a Facebook event.

Makers tile game

Cory Doctorow has announced a new card game based on the cool illustrations that accompanied the serialized version of his novel Makers. Last year, my novel Makers was published and syndicated free as a series of 81 blog-posts on Tor.com. Tor had the insanely creative people at Idiots’ Books produce 81 interlocking, tesselating illustrations, one […]

Monster bike kinetic scuplture

Monster bike kinetic scuplture

Found in the MAKE Flickr Pool: This sweet bike, the work of Peter Wagner of Davis, CA, was built as an entry to a kinetic sculpture race. Between the big tires and the oar outriggers, the bike can actually go on water! The bars on the rear wheel in the 2nd picture provide traction for […]