We’re gearing up for Maker Faire Bay Area (May 18-19) here at MAKE HQ. One of the recurring features at Maker Faire is the Homegrown Village, a hands-on (and handmade) collection of displays and exhibits that celebrate the most fundamental form of making: making food! Joining me on Food Makers, a weekly Google+ hangout on air, will be Kim Dow, manager of the Homegrown Village.
Well, I really like the looks of these Theremin Goggles by Sarah Petkus, and I like the sound of them even better!
The Maker Movement will be the subject of a special Google+ Hangout on Air tomorrow, March 28, at noonPST/3pmEST. The hangout will be hosted by White House innovation advisor Tom Kalil and guests will include Dale Dougherty, founder and publisher of MAKE, Tara Tiger Brown of the Los Angeles Makerspace, Super Awesome Sylvia, Saul Griffith, co-founder of Otherlab; and Venkatesh Prasad of Ford.
DIY expert Mikey Sklar uses his Da Pimp battery desolator and charger to recover a totally dead and dry SLA battery. You know you’ve seen these big lugs floating around — next time, you’ll know how to recover it.
Ready to make your photography extra-geeky? Create your own Space Invaders-inspired photo flash stencil with this fun tutorial!
Love DIY home decor? Check out this cool battery powered recycled lightbulb centerpiece!
The 7th NY Hardware Startup Meetup was held at Alley NYC, which describes their co-working space as a “safe haven for all things awesome.” At the beginning an upcoming event for homemade PCBs was announced and interest from the crowd was extremely high. The meetup provided a platform for makers of MyBell, Heart Matrix, and the Bike Computer to solicit public votes in the final hours of New York’s Next Top Makers competition. Voting ends in just a few hours, so if you have a moment you can vote for as many projects as you want. More than 100 people attended, including hardware manufacturers, technology reporters, and makers seeking collaboration on upcoming projects.
