Coinciding with NYC’s Bent Festival Handmade Music initiates an especially hacked event tonight at 3rd Ward in Brooklyn. The free event features a pretty amazing lineup including – “modular synth meets circuit-bent Barbie dolls. noise, drone, dance party with Peter Edwards of Casper Electronics.” – A surprise mystery instrument(s) from Handmade Music superstar Ranjit Bhatnagar, […]
Heads up San Fransisco makers – The next Make:SF meeting is Tuesday, April 13th at 6:30 PM There is a $5 fee to cover pizza and overhead. Special secret giveaway at tonight’s meeting! Location: Instructables HQ 489 Clementina St. – 3rd Floor San Francisco CA To present contact Andrew at meetings [at] makesf [dot] org […]
Seen above is a sampling of some of the goings on at the last Handmade Music – a group test of newly assembled Noise Toys instigated by Tristan Perich and Lesley Flanigan. If you’re in the NYC region this Thursday, 4-18, swing by 3rd Ward in Brooklyn and bring that project/idea you’ve been working on […]
The Nature Conservatory is having a competition for designing “an original and compelling object” from a single 4′ x 8′ sheet of plywood. From the site: FSC stands for the Forest Stewardship Council. FSC certification means that the wood was produced using sustainable forestry practices recognized by the FSC. This Challenge is meant to raise […]
After the success of the Makers & Hackers event in the UK, the folks behind it where invited to do something for the upcoming Milano Green Art Festival in Milan during the Milan Furniture Fair. They want to make a bunch of cool lamps out of junk and existing lamps and are holding a one […]
Sunday’s DIY workshop at CHI 2009 was a great time, with a thoughtful mix of academia and hands-on projects. DIY for CHI was a workshop presented at the CHI2009 conference in Boston. We had a chance to meet and greet important people who are teaching and studying the arts of creating computer interfaces with students […]
Want to get your hands working with the LilyPad Arduino system? There’s a workshop being held in Berkeley this summer on the topic. It will be two full days of getting started with the LilyPad and conductive materials for use in your own projects, taught by Adrian Freed. Via Fashioning Technology. By cutting, sewing, sticking, […]
