Tim writes – “We will be sponsoring a treehouse building workshop in Santa Cruz, CA (about an hour south of San Francisco) on May 5,6 and 7th. The world famous treehouse builder and innovator Michael Garnier will be teaching the workshop. He owns Treesort treehouse resort in Takilma, OR and has built a treehouse for […]
What can you do with old Walkmans? Race them! – “The race management is pleased to announce: Date and place of the race for the title of is finally and ultimately fixed! The race will take place in the PHOENIXHALLE in Dortmund on Saturday, June 3rd 2006. So – dig out your old recorders from […]
Steve from Robots.net has some great photos from the 2006 APEC Micromouse Competition, he writes – “The competition consists of a 10 foot by 10 foot square maze. Robots must navigate from the outside to the center of the maze in the shortest possible time” – Link & photos.
Mike writes – “I thought possibly you would want to know about the BENT 2006 Circuit Bending Festival coming up in mid April here in NYC. Circuit Benders will be coming in from all over the world to teach cool (and free) workshops on hacking toys and circuits, installing big weird art installations, and playing […]
Join MAKE at the blog for live blogging on American Inventor, if you’re on IRC hit irc.freenode.net and join #make if you want to chat with other Makers as the show airs. I’m not sure what to expect, MAKE covered the auditions and a lot of the new Maker-made sites afterwards but it’s still a […]
More photos from the MAKE fest at Etech from hardware hacker Joe Grand – Link.
I spotted this on Bill Gurstelle’s Notes from the Technology Underground site – looks like a fun contest! Rube Goldberg Contest What is the competition? Inspired by cartoonist Rube Goldberg, college students nationwide compete to design a machine that uses the most complex process to complete a simple task – put a stamp on an […]
