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As I spoke to more makers, it started to become clear that Google+ Hangouts might just be the “next hackerspaces” — not in meat space but in the online world where skill sharing, project sharing, and collaboration can finally happen (more easily). There were are other ways to do this, but Google+ Hangouts seem to be the shiny new toy at the moment.
The lovely folks of Machine Project are taking their show on the road. The road to Minneapolis. They will be conducting another “grand ‘musical’ experiment” this Friday from 1-5 pm at the Walker Art Center, creating a concert from as many Apple ][ computers as they can get their hands on. Bring yours and enjoy! […]
Free, handy, download-and-print sticker from Randy Sarafan of F.A.T. Lab.
That’s Hemispherical Omnidirectional Gimbaled wheel. As an idea it’s at least as old as 1938, but it’s lately been re-discovered by Curtis Boirum, an MS Mechanical Engineering student at Bradley University in Peoria, IL.
Check out this faithful reproduction of the Android logo made from an old trash can. The arms are articulated, the eyes are LEDs, and it runs on USB rechargeable batteries.
Yes, OK, I know that the weapons in Iron Man’s palms are technically *repulsor* beams, which, at least as I understand them, are a kind of wholly sci-fictional counterpart to the equally sci-fictional “tractor” beam. But this terrifying device from German laserhacker Patrick Priebe, who previously has produced a handheld Nd-YAG pulse laser that will punch holes in, is “working” in the sense that it is a dangerous, if not deadly, directed energy weapon that you can wear on your palm and use to work great evil…
Jonathan Kuniholm of OpenProsthetics.org wanted something to make using his iPad a little easier, so he came up with this sleeve design while spending time with his son at his local TechShop. Constructed of soft leather, the sleeve can either be warn with a glove and strap or easily held in place by an arm.
