Month: September 2010

Red Bull’s “Create the Future” contest at Maker Faire

Red Bull’s “Create the Future” contest at Maker Faire

(From left to right) Albert Hwang and Matt Parker of the Lumarca project presented with the Red Bull “Create the Future” award (a MakerBot!) by Eric Siegel, of the NY Hall of Science, and Gareth Branwyn, of MAKE At this year’s World Maker Faire, Red Bull sponsored a “Create the Future” contest. The idea was […]

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Cute, No-Fuss Paper Towel Roll Flowers

Following up on my post about dried flower arrangements and how easy they are in so many ways, here’s another great flower project that involves no remembering to water, no need to add sugar (or is it ammonia?) to keep the stems fresh, and no mess once the flowers began to drop their petals. Plus, […]

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SparkleLab: Widget Makers @ Parsons

SparkleLab: Widget Makers @ Parsons

http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=parsons-100828215301-phpapp01&stripped_title=sparklelab-widget-makers&userName=arielchuri SparkleLab: Widget Makers @ Parsons, Ariel writes – I am teaching a new class at Parsons School of Design. SparkleLab: Widget Makers is similar to a your standard physical computing class. We cover basic electronics and microcontrollers with Arduino. But, instead of thinking up some contraption to make, we will create relatively simple devices. […]

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Bug Labs & Verizon – Open source hardware on a 3G network – legit, too :)

Bug Labs & Verizon – Open source hardware on a 3G network – legit, too :)

As far I can recall this is the first time an open source hardware product has been certified for 3G networks. There are many milestones in open source hardware, and there will be many more – this is one of them. Get on the country’s most reliable network, with full compliance, day one! BUG’s 3G […]

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