Tokyo University of the Arts’ Materializing exhibition features Digital Grotesque, a 1:3 scale model of an entirely 3D-printed room, extruded out of sandstone and then gilded. It is the creation of Swiss artists Michael Hansmeyer and Benjamin Dillenburger. It looks super cool! [via The Fox is Black]
At this year’s Hardware Innovation Workshop, a call was put out for interested makers to promote their prototype to us in a video. From these submissions five makers were selected to pitch at HIW. Attendees voted for the idea with the best prospects and the winner presented on stage at Maker Faire. The whirlwind of prototypes and pitches was a blast. Everyone had a chance to meet the makers and see their products at the HIW Prototype Pavilion. Now it’s your turn. Below are videos from the actual Pitches with Prototypes event. Watch the videos. Who would you vote for?
A big weekend of making is on tap for this weekend at Maker Faire Kansas City June 29-30. The fair will be held at Kansas City’s Union Station and is drawing makers from across the Midwest and beyond. Ink Magazine published a great preview of the fair along with some excellent portraits of makers who will be showing their stuff this weekend.
Brooklyn Aerodrome will be meeting at McCarren Park tonight from 7-11pm! Brooklyn Aerodrome got its start flying at night in McCarren park and we are going to do it again this Thursday eve June 27. The plan is: Wrench on planes, get night flying gear working from 7 to 9:30 or so. Head out to […]
Got cats? Make crafts! Check out this purrrrfect felted cat toy tutorial.
While I’m a trifle puzzled how the kit could cost six hundred bucks, I love the idea of building a radar! It’s based off of Gregory Charvat’s coffee can radar project. The QM-RDKIT Radar Demonstration Kit from Quonset Microwave is an ideal tool for use in the classroom for learning about Radar and for the […]
ShopBot launched a Kickstarter campaign for its much anticipated Handibot and pre-orders for the mini CNC devices are moving fast. The company sold the 10, $1,995 early bird specials within the first hours of its campaign. As of this writing ShopBot had raised $25,000 of its $125,000 campaign.
