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The Fire Arts Exposition at Monster park in San Francisco was HOT! Tons of homemade fire breathing contraptions and more. The finale was a fire tornado and a huge electricity-meets-fire finish. Here’s a bit about the event and some photos – Link. Related: Participating artists and performers – Link. The Black Rock Arts Foundation – […]
David writes – “Here’s my first attempt at making something with the Lego Mindstorms package: a scanning machine that reads the colors of the bricks that are put into it and that translates those colors into sound.” – Link.
Nick writes – “Here’s a a small tutorial for fabricating gameshow-style hand buzzers (in this case, used for the PC game “You Dont Know Jack”, played on an emulated arcade cabinet).” – Link.
We have a new MAKE events listing that has Maker-like events going on around the world. You can view them in our events section, subscribe via ATOM and RSS feeds and/or use the MAKEbot (Instant message). If something is going on that you think Makers, Crafters, Hackers would like to check out, let us know […]
Leonard has a short overview on getting homebrew apps and more running on the Nintendo DS – “To be able to run homebrews, emulators, backups and the like, you’ll need two things. First you need a passkey to boot into DS mode. The latest and greatest is the Max Media Launcher, which replaces the older […]
The lastest SYSTM is up and it’s from Maker Faire! – “The 2006 Maker Faire presents the do-it-yourself community with thousands of finished projects and inspired ideas. For their inaugural expo, Systm host, Dan Huard enlists the help of DigitalLife’s Patrick Norton to scour the showroom floors and find the best projects. For this episode, […]
And so it begins! Mark over on 3pointD has a bit about a new 3D printing service for virtual world avatars / objects, looks like it might be $50 a pop – “Second Life residents will soon be able to order up physical versions of their avatars, their builds or their favorite Second Life objects […]
