The Kodatrope: An Immersive Installation of Vintage Slides
Artist Lee Pivnik created “The Kadatrope,” an interactive installation that immerses the viewer in a rotating dome of vintage slides.
Year: 2014
How-To: Sew a Pair of Boxer Shorts
Turn a favorite pair of comfy boxers into a pattern that you can use for years to come with this boxer shorts tutorial!
The 3 Most Bizarro Builds from Makerspaces
Anything is possible with the right mix of brains and brawn. And we all know that when we get together with our best buds, things often take a hilarious turn towards the ludicrous. Some of the oversized, outlandish projects coming out of makerspaces prove just how true — and fun — that is.
RGB LED Glasses
If you’re not satisfied with glasses that only have a monochrome LED display, this model by Garret Mace of macetech instead features an array of RGB LEDs. It’s possible that you caught a glimpse of them as worn by Garret at the Bay Area Maker Faire. Last year he premiered a pair of the more […]
Factorli, Ambitious Las Vegas Small-Run Factory, Closes
Just 3 months after raising $10 million dollars from Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh’s VegasTechFund, Factorli, a small-run factory project, has been abruptly closed, and CEO Jen McCabe fired. The announcement was posted on the Factorli site yesterday: As of last week, Jen McCabe is no longer CEO of Factorli. As a part of this change […]
DIY Shirt Backpack
After spotting “the coolest backpack that [they had] ever seen” on the street one day, Ali and Amy of Salute to Cute set out to recreate this backpack that looked like it was made from a shirt with this terrific shirt backpack tutorial.
The Ottawa Mini Maker Faire is This Weekend
Back in 2010, Ottawa hosted the very first Maker Faire in Canada. Since then they’ve been growing steadily, hoping for this year to be the biggest yet. If you’re in the area, you can attend the Mini Maker Faire this weekend at the Canada Science and Technology Museum. Anyone attending needs to brace themselves for […]
