The countdown to our second Maker Faire New York is in full swing, with less than five days until showtime! The Faire is taking place this upcoming weekend, September 17 and 18, at the New York Hall of Science in Queens. This is the first in a series of interviews intended to give you an […]
If you’re in town for World Maker Faire New York and have a little extra time to make your way to the Museum of Modern Art, I recommend checking out their Talk to Me exhibition, which features many of the projects we’ve posted about on this blog such as Boticalls and Cubelets.
Via Cory at Boing Boing comes this wonderful, crystal-clear introduction to Arduino, in comic book form, from artist Jody Culkin.
I’ve been researching fun ways to use scrolling LED signs and came across this cool piece by Los Angeles-based visual artist Daniel DeSure. This unconventional LED scroller was on display as part of a gallery show called “Wouldn’t it be Nice?” that featured DeSure’s work in 2008. Wouldn’t it be nice to hang this over my couch? I think so.
Nemo Gould brings Homunculus to Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 – a garbage robot fashioned from carefully selected reused parts. The head is a recycled voltmeter that’s been flipped upside down, and his guts include woodwind parts and vacuum tubes. Gould maintains an extensive collection of junk that inform his pieces. Subscribe to the MAKE […]
Laurent Laveder is a landscape astrophotographer. No, really. That’s his job! OK, he’s also an astronomy journalist, if that makes you feel any better. But it’s his amazing astrophotography, especially his series called Moon Games, that really inspires awe… and lots of FB/G+ reposting.
Notably bitchin’ subclass of hobo_nickel. This is but one of seven examples from Colossal’s recent round-up.
