Month: August 2009

Kids build the village of Hutopolis

Kids build the village of Hutopolis

Gather a group of potentially bored kids in an open space with tools and a heap of sawmill scraps, add summer vacation and what do you have? Hutopolis!

A village of eight huts was constructed during two weeks in July from timber slabs from an area sawmill, salvaged wood and found items. Each hut is different, based on the children’s design, with odd angles and shapes, rooftop lookout posts, windows, doors, ladders and a fire pit under a homemade shelter in the village center.

The Lightning Temple project

Those who made it out to the most recent Maker Faire Bay Area will likely recall seeing & playing the “Interactivation” collaborative music console. What many attendees likely didn’t know was that the device is actually the first assembled component of a much larger project. The work-in-progress known simplay as Lightning Temple will utilize the […]

Toy piano as art

From the MAKE Flickr pool Ranjit makes the best of a not-so-awesome situation. After receiving his newly purchased tine piano, and noticing the heavy shipping damages. He wired the remaining musical skeleton for automation, seen above performing Philip Glass’s “Modern Love Waltz”. Very cool – and created as part of NYCR’sAwesome August!

St. Louis hacker space

In response to my post earlier today about the Phoenix hacker space, Bob Ward wanted you all to know about Arch Reactor, a similar group in St. Louis. He writes: We’re calling ourselves Arch Reactor and we’re going to be holding our first open house Wednesday August 19 at 6:00pm at our temporary space. We’re […]