Heads up, the next Handmade Music meet-up will happen Thursday of next week @ 3rd Ward in Brooklyn. This time we’ve even got someone to bring the drinks! Eminent Eventmaster Peter Kirn of CDM writes up the details – Handmade Music is now a monthly affair at the wonderful 3rd Ward in Brooklyn, and increasingly, […]
My friend Thomas Edwards, Dorkbot DC founder and former Overlord (now living in LA), wrote to tell us about the next Dorkbot SoCal meeting on January 10, featuring three bio-inspired artists. Deborah Aschheim (above) creates works that blur biology and technology, exploring concepts of memory, architecture, and neural networks through drawings, sculpture, writing, installation and […]
Ryan writes in about several Madison, WI Makers (including Ryan) that were featured in this story in 77 Square, a weekly arts/entertainment section in the Capital Times. Local DIYers reclaim old junk and turn it into functional, useful stuff… When Ryan Bollig got frustrated with the short battery life of his wife’s battery-powered Swiffer Vac, […]
Pedal power to light up Times Square New Year sign… The ritual dropping of the ball in New York’s Times Square on New Year’s eve, seen on television by millions around the world, is becoming a bit greener than in years past. The 2-0-0-9 sign that will light up when the New Year’s ball finishes […]
Sparkfun is planning a big ol’ robot race around their building in Boulder, CO – April 15th, 2009 10AM – Rain, shine, or snow Create a vehicle that can autonomously navigate around the SparkFun building $300 cash first prize Sounds like fun, though I’m kind of disappointed the prize wasn’t some shiny new Sparkfun awesomeness […]
Machine Project Electron Wranglers- Synthesizer workshop from machine project on Vimeo. Looking for something MAKE-ish to do in Los Angeles? My friend and hero Mark Allen will be teaching an Introduction to Soldering / Build Your Own Synth Workshop on December 20th from 3pm – 5pm at Machine Project (the awesomest place in LA). $50 […]
Build your own Burrito Blaster We hope this series inspires people all over the country to tinker, build, repair, or invent. To help make that happen, Make: television is happy to provide DVDs for those willing to screen episodes in a meet up or classroom of their own! We’ll send you a DVD with the […]
