Treehugger roundup…
This week at Treehugger: A great reuse for your contact lens cases. Make a fruit bowl out of leftover chopsticks. And, we show you where to get tips for vintage goods through the blogosphere.
Announcements
Digg on the MAKEbot – CONTEST!
CONTEST + DIGG: We now have a contest, we worked with Digg and we’re going to test out delivering the latest news and top stories from them – Click here to add the MAKEbot to your buddy list. Then type subscribe digg 1 or subscribe diggall 1 to get the latest/top stories from Digg every hour (1 is the number of hours, you can change that. You can also just type digg or diggall at any time). We will randomly pick a user of the MAKEbot and give away a high speed flash photography kit, T-Shirts, a year of MAKE and our new book, The Makers (all found here). So add the MAKEbot and start Digging to win!
Bicycle film fests, DIY projects and sailing the Atlantic with a homemade boat…
Sean writes in with the weekly update on what’s going on at Treehugger – “a look at a bicycle-themed film festival. A site with DIY projects for everyone from beginners to pros. And, sailing the Atlantic in a DIY boat.”
Time lapse photos, Sonic Fabric, RFID implants – Dorkbot
Amal Graafstra has an excellent write up and photos from the happenings at NYC’s Dorkbot meeting – time lapse photos, sonic fabric and RFID implants “Attending a dorkbot meeting is an interesting experience to say the least. The atmosphere is quaint and inviting, with attendees waiting eagerly in their seats and engaging in friendly conversation about all kinds of technical, philosophical, and entertaining topics. The meeting took place on Jan 4th, which may or may not be Isaac Newton’s birthday, depending on which calendar you subscribe to.”
MAKE’s “Best of Macworld SF 2006”
We podcasted live, and we posted over 100 photos realtime via a WiFi camera + EVDO as we walked around. Now we’ve picked the top 5 products we liked the most at Macworld SF 2006. It’s safe to say our picks aren’t likely to be the same ones you’ll see in the usual “best of” lists. We gave top marks to products, services and software that we think fit the “Maker” mindset – technology on your time– and a bit of news from the future. Here they are…
MAKE VIDEO PODCAST: “Glimpses of How it’s made, Six-Minute Manufacturing”
MAKE is thrilled to offer this free 35 minute film for download! – “Glimpses of How it’s made” – a tour of how many things in our world are made, each segment is 6 minutes (hence the full name “Six-Minute Manufacturing Glimpses of How it’s made”). Learn about, get inspired, and see how it’s made: […]
MAKEbot – Get the best of MAKE via instant message!
MAKE has an instant message buddy and he’s now on a permanent server to handle all the messaging! The MAKEbot is a AIM/iChat buddy you add to your buddy list. When you type latest, he will give you the latest news from Makezine.com. You can type subscribe 1 and he’ll deliver the latest news each hour. If you type photos you’ll get the latest photos from the MAKE photo pool, type bookmarks you’ll get our latest bookmarks, type Instructables you’ll get the latest how-to projects. Lastly – if you type keywords like psp, welding, ipod or whatever he’ll search the MAKE site, the pages from MAKE and give you a link from our search engine to help you find what you’re looking for…You can also type help to get a list of commands. That’s right, he’s the first and only bot that uses RSS, Flickr, del.icio.us, Instructables and Google search! Add him now! Here are some screenshots!