Moldover‘s SyncoMasher combines 5 distinct music controllers into one console – and looks as if it was pulled straight out of a DJ’s TARDIS. While the device received plenty of play from faire attendees, I managed to squeeze in a quick interview with its creator.
MAKE subscriber Florin points out this thorough rundown on 7-segment display usage, even covering the basics of multiplexing with the common component – Since the digits share the same data bus, each digit will have the same number displayed, like the wheel on the picture, to change the number the “data guy†rotates the wheel. […]
Chris O’Brien over at Silicon Beat had a great time at Maker Faire. In answering the question “What is Maker Faire?,” he ends up with an optimistic view of how we can use Maker Faire to take back our technology. How do you boil down an event where someone spent 13 years building a life-size […]
Jonathan works for a company that makes promotional USB drives. There may have been a few lying around to stir up his answer to the question “What am I going to wear to Maker Faire?”
So-called Continuous Ink Systems (CIS) are after-market goodies that attach to your inkjet printer, replacing the pricey consumable ink cartridges with permanent cartridge-heads that are continuously refilled from external ink bottles connected by silicone tubing. So to replace the ink in the printer, you just pour more ink in the bottles. Here’s a good review […]
[Photo by Scott Beale] I frequently have to pinch myself over the fact that I get to know, work with, and be friends with so many amazing and talented human beings. One of those people is Bill Gurstelle. You don’t have to spend much time with Bill to realize, as David Letterman likes to say: […]
June is DIY Wedding month on CRAFT! If you are looking to keep the wedding budget in check and are looking for design ideas, projects, and inspiration — this is the month we’ll be bringing it all to you. (For those of you that are single, don’t worry we’ll still have lots of regular craft […]
