Maker Faire New York is being featured on The Engadget Show tonight at 6pm ET. Becky and I will also be in studio talking about Make: Live and our favorite DIY projects. Not only that, but there will also be appearances by Jonathan Coulton, Makerbot’s Turtle Shell Racers, and Keepon, our favorite dancing robot. Watch the stream on their show page and we’ll post the archive as soon as it’s ready.
The Young Makers Program at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 produced two interesting projects by Alex Jacobson, John Boyer, and Sam Frank. Saphira is an animatronic fire-breathing dragon, and Fire Jam is a visualization device for the Rock Band video game that selectively shoots five jets of flame that correspond to the buttons on the guitar controller.
Paul Freedman throws conscious hip hop concerts by turning alternative transportation into alternative energy. Rock the Bike brings funky beats and sound gear to any venue, then sets up stationary bikes that are converted into electricity generators. Audience members take turns pedaling to generate all the amplification needed for the entire show at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011.
In episode 16 we met makers live from World Maker Faire NY 2011 and announced the winners of the MAKE Magazine Industry Maker Awards. Twelve companies were nominated in four categories on which MAKE readers voted. And the winners are: Most Hackable Gadget – Microsoft Kinect accepted by Stewart Tansley Most Repair Friendly – PanaVise […]
John Schimmel teaches the Assistive Technology class at NYU’s ITP program. The RAMPs project allows a wheelchair-bound DJ to roll up to a stationary set of rollers that are connected to rotary encoders attached to an Arduino. The interpreted data is then sent to a Processing sketch and used to blend or scratch audio tracks in real time. This device was created in 2005 for an individual with cerebral palsy who had a talent for rapping and also needed to hone his wheelchair skills.
The red carpet is rolled out, the limos are lining up, and the gowns are FABULOUS. The first annual MAKE Magazine Industry Maker Awards, aka the “Makeys,” are just hours away! OK, there’s no rug, the limos are art cars, and the “gowns” are Maker Faire T-shirts with blinky-light jewelry, but at least the excitement […]
Entrepreneur Benny James runs Cool Neon, a Burning Man-inspired business supplying electroluminescent wire to artists and electronics makers. He has seen his business flourish as he enables costume makers, festival vehicle designers, and hobbyists to add bright light-up lines of color to their projects since 1999. At Maker Faire Bay Area 2011, they debuted their […]
