Our hearts have been with all those affected by the tornadoes across the southeastern United States in April. We’ve scouted out several crafty outreach efforts for folks in the area and wanted to share them with you. If you have come across any we’ve missed, please let us know in the comments! Indie N.C. is […]
From Parsons Design and Technology in NYC: An exhibition of interactive installations, mobile and web-based platforms, games, product designs, and time-based media will be on view in Kellen Gallery through May 23 and explore the uses of analog and digital media. Alongside the exhibition, students and design practitioners will lead a series of panel discussions […]
Twin Cities Maker, the organization that rents the Hack Factory hackerspace in Minneapolis, may be homeless without your help.
I think it’s safe to describe Ryan Palser as a “replica video game prop master” at this point. Those of you who enjoyed his fantastic Fallout 3 replica weapons last summer will probably also enjoy his exquisitely crafted Portal turret replica. going on.
One of my kids’ favorite activities is building massive tents with bedsheets. Sometimes, the furniture doesn’t cooperate, though, and the sheets fall all over the place leaving the kids frustrated and disappointed. This cool a-frame tent from Rubyellen from Cakies seems like it’d be the perfect fix for that problem. See the full how-to on […]
The Memsic 2125 from the Maker shed is a low cost, dual-axis thermal accelerometer capable of measuring tilt, acceleration, rotation, and vibration with a range of +/- 3 g.
Maurice Connolly built a 300 lb steel sculpture and dropped it off a cliff. He pitted his art against gravity, just to see what would happen. The piece is a massive sphere called Ganymede- constructed from recycled wine barrel hoops and hundreds and hundreds of bolts. Once Maurice mastered the material and perfected the form, […]
