NYC’s Hardware Startup Meetup, and New York’s Next Top Maker
A look at some of the projects competing in the New York’s Next Top Makers competition, recently presented at the 6th Hardware Startup Meetup in NYC.
Year: 2013
Robots to the Rescue
The aim of DARPA’s Tactically Expandable Maritime Platform is to link shipping containers to form whatever shape you desire – useful for emergency helicopter landings or creating platforms for crane use. The GRASP Lab at UPenn, which is famous for their use of quadrotors, has taken the lead on research for the project.
CNCed Tool Drawer Organizer
Minneapolis maker Greg Flanagan made an organizer for his tools using a slab of CNCed wood. First he arranged the tools how he wanted them. Next, he took a photo of the arrangement and pulled it into his vector art program where he traced the tools. Finally, he imported his drawing into CAM software and […]
Growing Your Business From TechShop to the Garage
I first met Laura Bruland of Yes & Yes Designs in May 2012 at TechShop in San Francisco. As an avid book reader I was intrigued by the fact that she took old discarded books and turned them into jewelry. OK, I slightly cringed at this, but the results are beautiful. At the time she was able to run her entire business out of TechShop. No overheard, no employees. Just her and a monthly membership.
Move forward seven months and she’s grown her business from six stores in San Francisco to 23 around the world. She went from being a one-woman show to having a business partner/employee and her own laser cutter
Tutorial: Single-Stem Rosette Necklace
From the brilliant fingertips of Meream Pacayra comes this sweet single-stem rosette necklace, made from yarn, florist wire, and a few other items. Over on her blog, Bored & Crafty, she shows you how to make your own. Also check out Meream’s Guitar Bag tutorial, originally published in CRAFT Volume 10!
Amazing Scratch-Built Nautilus
I’m already a big fan of Jonathan Kuriscak’s skills at customizing action figures, but his scratch-built Nautilus is phenomenal. Straight from Johnathan:
The Nautilus, Captain Nemo’s Submarine from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was scratch built from various materials. At 38 inches long, glass port windows, and with over 5,000 hand laid rivets this build was a large undertaking!
LED Ampli-Tie
Our old friends Becky and Collin made this fancy tutorial for making an LED Ampli-Tie that lights up and reacts to sound!
