I just got this memo from the Maker Faire team with details about becoming part of the Maker Faire Street Team, spreading the good word on the greater Detroit, and earning some Faire tix in the process. Sweet. They are looking for people within an approximately 200-mile radius of Dearborn, MI area (location of the Faire).
We’ve recently added two new contributors to CRAFT, and I thought you might like to meet them: Andrew Salomone is no stranger to these parts. We’ve featured his Self-Portrait Ski Mask, Bill Cosby Portrait in Jello Shots, and Nerds portraiture here, among others. Andrew is an artist and teacher based in New York City, and […]
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, has jumped on the OSHW bandwagon. Geneva, 7 July 2011. Four months after launching the alpha version, CERN has today issued version 1.1 of the Open Hardware Licence (OHL), a legal framework to facilitate knowledge exchange across the electronic design community. In the spirit of knowledge and technology […]
Red Bull Creation, a collaborative hacking competition, will be taking place in Brooklyn on July 10th, McCarren Park. Sixteen teams will be given 72 hours to create something amazing, based on a “create the future” theme they’ll be given. A Red Bull Creation Laboratory, a tricked-out hackerspace Red Bull set up, will be at the groups’ disposal.
Here’s wishing all our U.S. readers a Happy Independence Day! We hope your holiday is filled with good barbecue, relaxing, and a safe and spectacular fireworks show. Got some cupcake liners and index cards around the house? You still have time to whip up a festive garland! If you’re outside the U.S., we hope you […]
Founded in Japan in 1962 by a nightclub owner and an accordionist, Korg has been designing, manufacturing, and selling electronic musical instruments since the beginning. Their products have introduced ground-breaking features into keyboards and synthesizers and many of their older models are considered “classics.”
