Jeri and Rob Smile for the Camera
Maker Hero Jeri Ellsworth and MAKE contributor Rob Giseburt mug for the camera inside of the Arduino pavilion.
Month: September 2012
Maker Faire New York: Learn About Worms
Kids and adults alike are learning about the role worms play in our earth, courtesy of the NYC Compost Project. See how to keep worms in your home, in container bins, and turn food waste into reusable compost. Then, in turn, make compost cookies to be stuck on trees or deposited on the soil of […]
Maker Faire New York: House of Reboot
Eco-conscious clothing is becoming more popular, but Pennsylvania’s Michael Masterson of House of Reboot takes the eco title to another level. Michael was one of the exhibitors in BUST magazine’s”craftacular” section of Maker Faire New York. Not only does he source his wool, denim and other materials from surplus bolts of fabric that date as […]
MAKE Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
This week in the MAKE Flickr pool we saw…
Maker Faire New York: Adam Matta, Human Beatbox
One of the coolest things I saw at Maker Faire New York was a performance by Tuvan throat singer Liron Peled and human beatbox artist Adam Matta. Tuvan throat singing is an ancient vocal technique practiced by the Tuva people of southern Siberia. Human beatboxing, imitating percussion sounds with the voice, grew out of hip […]
CRAFT Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
Here are some cool things we saw in the CRAFT Flickr Pool this week: Jerry, by SaraCarr66 Into The Wild goes into the forest, by hybrid handmade (Cari-Jane Hakes) alfinete 6, by alfinete [dyed by alfinete] 610, by Craft Pond ventricoli in pannolenci, by chiaraeffe
Maker Faire New York: MATE Underwater Robots
In the West Courtyard, look for the large swimming pool surrounded by swarms of kids — that’s where you’ll find the PVC submersible robots of the Marine Advanced Technology Education Center (MATE), an organization funded by the National Science Foundation that puts on a competition of student-built underwater ROVs. They have simpler robots in the […]