Swap-O-Rama-Rama is happening again at Maker Faire Austin! Founder Wendy Tremayne is seeking a call for artists to help with the event. Here’s all the details from Wendy: Swap-O-Rama-Rama – Artist Open Call Saturday October 20th (11 to 5pm) Sunday October 21 (11 to 4pm) w/ a Fashion Show Saturday Eve Travis County Fairgrounds, Austin […]
I don’t know from hot air soldering, so I can’t judge the details of this homemade rig, but it’s certainly a thorough Instructable. Hot air work/SMD soldering is something I need to break down and learn. Maybe you too? SparkFun has a decent tutorial . INSANELY HOT DIY Hot Air Soldering iron @ 15 Volts […]
This Saturday head on over to Community Park in O’Fallon, IL for the Strange Folk Indie Arts and Craft Festival! There will be 100 vendors with lots of activities and giveaways happening throughout the day. Free Strange Folk goody totes will be handed out to the first 150 attendees to present a vendor purchase. Plus […]
The upcoming Creative Digital Music, MAKE & ETSY Handmade music night on 9/27 made the local magazine Time Out New York! – Bright lights, tricked-out machinery and more wires than a Hollywood bomb–that’s Handmade Music Night. The monthly show-and-tell-cum-social gathering attracts engineers, computer programmers and tinkerers who build synthesizers, drum machines and other instruments from […]
Jenn of half birthday who made the Greek CRAFT Coffee Cozies has now put up her Greek Deli coffee cozy pattern($4.95) and kit ($12.95) available now in her Etsy shop. Link.
Dean’s Copper Multi-Tool – [via] Link
Grad students at the University of Tokyo are developing a system for 360-degree peripheral sensing, aka “whiskers,” to tell when there’s something near your body. Their idea is for construction safety, but this has all kinds of implications, and gives new meaning to the phrase “cat-like senses.” The Haptic Radar / Extended Skin Project – […]
