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This week, we’re finalizing our list of makers to appear in the American Maker program at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago on September 20th. Already, we have makers who will be showing a homebuilt submarine and a four-person bicycle, plus music and robotic projects. In addition, we’ll be featuring a performance of […]
Dale writes – The September GO-Tech meeting (Ann Arbor, MI) is Tuesday, September 9, 8 pm, at Great Oak Cohousing (directions below). The topic is Printed Circuit Boards. We’ll have presentations on going from a napkin sketch to ready-to-solder circuit board, and hopefully even see one made. Most meetings are less formal, where anyone is […]
RealDVD is being touted as one of the only legal ways to “back up” DVDs. It seems to make a copy on your drive, keeps the DRM and adds more Real player style DRM. Here’s the funny part about all this – awhile back (1999) a ton of people were sued and got in trouble […]
Wow, this is really cool – Gina from Lifehacker has a Flickr bike that geotags photos and uploads them to a map on Flickr… Solar panels too!
Popular Mechanics, 1935… Functioning on the principle of an eccentric rear wheel, the latest bicycle has neither gears nor a chain. Invented by Phil Huyseng of Chicago, the bike is propelled by a bouncing motion of the body. But wait, there’s more! Here’s one from “New Ideas for Living” (above) – the site says it […]
Kristin of Craft Leftovers shows you the steps for how to recycle an old sweater for yarn.
Phil @ MAKE points to Fabienne’s amazing and completely handmade bed. She has an excellent site up documenting the process from inspiration to the planning to lumber construction, even how she made a tufted headboard and upholstered the whole thing.
