Pocket Ref winner
Rmadams, please email me and claim for Pocket Ref prize for your comment — “I am building a reprap-based robot which itself will be used to make fleets of “collaborative” mobile robots” in our mini-contest – Link.
Announcements
Get Your Back Issues of CRAFT!
Hi Crafters! I’ve met a few of you at recent holiday craft fairs asking me where you can find the back issues of CRAFT, especially for vol 3 our Japanese Craft issue. You can buy single copies of all back issues in The Maker Store. The one exception is our premier issue which is sold […]
101 of the best, strangest and coolest gadget gift guides
Sci Fi’s DVICE put together 101 of the best, strangest and coolest gadget gift guides on the net and the 5 worst. Our open source gift guide from 2006 was named #1 ! — (of the best, not worst, shew!)… Link & be sure to check out this year’s!
Illustrated Guide to Astronomical Wonders author on WNYC’s Leonard Lopate Show
Robert Bruce Thompson, co-author of the recently released Illustrated Guide to Astronomical Wonders and Astronomy Hacks, appeared on WNYC’s Leonard Lopate show last week: Please Explain: How to Be an Amateur Astronomer Anyone can learn to be an amateur astronomist – even here in New York City, where you often can’t see any stars! Richard […]
Christmas delivery recommendations for the Maker store
If you’ve waited until now to get things from the Maker store here are the ways to get stuff before Xmas — Christmas delivery recommendations (US Delivery): Order by Dec 18th & use FedEx 3-DAY shipping (Tracking available). Order by Dec 19th & use FedEx 2-DAY shipping (Tracking available). Order by Dec 20th & use […]
Happy birthday transistor!
Forbes on the Tranistor’s birthday! – Sixty years ago, on Dec. 16, 1947, three physicists at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, N.J., built the world’s first transistor. William Shockley, John Bardeen and William Brattain had been looking for a semiconductor amplifier to take the place of the vacuum tubes that made radios and other electronics […]
Handmade Music – TODAY IN NYC!
This weekend Handmade music is going to be HUGE and in NYC! Handmade Music 2:00 – 5:00 pm December 16, 2007 openhousegallery.org at 201 Mulberry Street near Spring Street, Manhattan Hosted by createdigitalmusic.com, Make Magazine, and Etsy.com Featured Performance: Mister Resistor Ensemble from Parsons Workshop: Soldering-free Sonic Electronics for Beginners, with Peter Kirn and PAiA […]